Tom Sellers Shares His ‘British’ Carbonara Recipe
With autumn firmly here, and winter on the horizon, we’ve found the perfect warming recipe from Chef Tom Sellers, the chef behind Restaurant Story, a 2-Michelin-star restaurant known for breaking convention, and Story Cellar, which provides counter-style dining, reimagining classic dishes. This dish does exactly that, utilising English ingredients to bring an extra dimension to a traditional carbonara.
‘English’ Carbonara
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients
• 240g Spaghetti pasta
• 200ml Eggmix
• 6g Black pepper
• 10g Old Winchester cheese
• 10g Pepper dulse seaweed
• 150g Pancetta or smoked bacon
For the egg mix
• 1 Whole Egg
• 5 Egg yolks
• 50 ml Double cream
• 70g Old Winchester cheese
• 2g Black pepper
• 2g Salt Method
Method
• To make the egg mix, place everything in a blender and blend until smooth
• Get a large pot of seasoned water, bring to a boil and start to cook your pasta
• In a separate pan, fry some pancetta until golden, then add some pepper dulse
• Add your cooked pasta and pull the pan off the heat. Add your egg mix and mix together. It’s very important that the pan is not too hot at this point, or you will end up with scrambled eggs
• Serve and grate a healthy amount of old Winchester cheese over the top
