Chef Marco Sacco needs no introduction and is arguably of Italy’s most prized processions in the culinary field. Michelle Tchea of Chefs Collective visited the Piedmont region (read more about it on her adventures around the Lake District and also Novara Country side in the North of Italy here), discovering the heart and soul of Italy with its amazing collection of chefs.
Piccolo Lago is a 2-Michelin star restaurant sitting on one of the beautiful lakes in Piedmont and here Chef Sacco shares his recipe for two favourites, Carbonara and Bettelmatt Flan
*Bettelmatt is a local cheese unique to the Piedmont region – strong and robust in flavour
Secrets To Making Perfect Carbonara From A Michelin-Star Chef – Chef Marco Sacco
- Yield: 10 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 700 g Fresh pasta
- 500 g Au Koque sauce
- n°10 dried chips of beef bacon
- 50 gr beacon powder
- n°10 chips of milk
- 180 g butter
- black pepper
- section of cardboard egg carton
- whole egg shells with top cut off to create sauce container
For the fresh pasta:
- 400 gr durum wheat flour semolina
- 100 gr 00 flour
- 30 gr yolk
- 220 gr eggs
- 10 gr white vinegar
For the au Koque sauce :
- 150 gr yolk
- 90 gr Grana Padano
- 300 gr cream 20%
For the chips of milk:
- 400 gr whole milk
- 4 gr xantana gum
For the dried chips :
- 200 gr beef bacon
Instructions
Procedure for the tagliolini:
- Knead all the ingredients in a planetary mixer. Let dough rest for 2 hours in refrigerator. Roll out make 70-gr nests of tagliolini.
Procedure for the Koque sauce:
- Mix all the ingredients and keep at 60 °C (140 °F).
Procedure for chips of milk:
- Whip the milk with the xanthan gum for 10 minutes. Spread into oven paper and dehydrate. Cut into desired size.
- Procedure for chips of beef beacon:
- Cut the beacon very thin with a slicer. Dehydrate @ 55ºC overnight. Keep 10 slices aside and chopped the rest.
Finishing and plating:
- Cook pasta for 3 minutes in salted water. Mix butter and cooking water in a pan. Stir the pasta and add the chopped beacon.
- Place tagliolini nest in center of plate. Sprinkle with black pepper and place slice of dehydrated prosciutto on top. Serve with 60° sauce in eggshell with milk chip placed near.
Michelle Tchea
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