Let’s go over the ingredients again: Double the protein, fresh basil, eggs and cheese all come together to make the dreamiest holiday pasta dish ever. I’ve lightened it up with oat milk instead of using heavy cream or any butters and if you are worried about the raw egg, fear not! The raw egg ends up getting cooked from the residual heat.

Speaking of raw eggs, the trick to not getting scrambled eggs in your sauce is to whisk the egg yolks fast while pouring them into the sauce. If you choose to garnish with a raw egg on top, make sure to serve it with the hot pasta and then mix it in right away. I definitely recommend not skipping the raw egg on top. If you are someone that loves runny eggs for breakfast or runny eggs with your avocado toast, then you have to try the egg yolks with your pasta because it’s a game changer!

I love this dish because you can feel fancy without being fancy. I've said that about a few of my dishes in that past and this is another one of those that fall into this category. You use simple ingredients and some of those could even be considered clean out your fridge ingredients, yet when they all come together they make a stunning dish that with a little bit of tender loving care can look fancy in just minutes.

Another simple thing that elevates this dish just that much more is using fresh cracked black pepper. One of my favorite things to do is buy whole black peppercorns and then grind and crush them myself. Once you try it you will easily be able to tell the difference between fresh cracked pepper and the already crushed store bought pepper. It’s the small simple things that can help elevate the dish that much more.

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