Back when my children were younger, our whole family celebrated New Year’s Eve at my sister’s house. Like most families, we had potluck celebrations where I was always tasked to bring a pasta dish.
One New Year’s, I asked myself: “What if I baked carbonara?”
Despite my initial reservations, I went for it.
In a casserole dish, I baked a slurry of bacon, egg yolks, cheese and spaghetti. I served it to my children first, and, after tasting it, they dubbed it “bacon pasta.”
Bacon pasta has become a tradition for New Year’s Eve, and only for New Year’s Eve. Eating bacon pasta during New Year’s brunch also became a tradition. We popped all the other leftovers, like the sweet ham fr…
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