Fake Carbonara

To prepare the fake carbonara, start by taking the yellow peppers and, after washing them thoroughly, place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper 1. Bake the peppers at 482°F in a static oven for 40-45 minutes (or in a convection oven at 446°F for about 35 minutes) 2. Once cooked, put the peppers in a bag and let them cool for about ten minutes; this process will make it easier to peel them 3.

While the peppers are cooling, take the mortadella and cut it into cubes 4. Once done, brown the cubes of mortadella in a large non-stick pan without adding oil 5 until golden 6.

Take the peppers and clean them: remove the stalk, skin, and seeds with the help of a knife 7. Once cleaned, place the peppers in a blender 8 and blend them until a smooth cream is obtained 9.

Add the pepper cream to the mortadella 10 and cook over medium heat for a few minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon 11. Season with salt and pepper 12. In the meantime, cook the spaghetti in plenty of salted boiling water.

When the spaghetti is al dente, drain them, making sure to keep 1-2 ladles of cooking water aside 13. Toss the spaghetti with the pepper and mortadella sauce directly in the pan, extending with 1-2 ladles of cooking water and cooking over low heat for a couple of minutes to combine everything 14. Add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, and your fake carbonara is ready!15