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Spaghetti Carbonara - Spaghetti alla carbonara

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What to say about Carbonara? It's one of the most traditional and simple Italian dish from Rome, where it is also made with Rigatoni instead of spaghetti. Travelling all over the world I have seen so many "strange" versions of this pasta: with cream, with 1 egg on the top with peas...I cannot recall them all. I do not say they are not good but they are not Carbonara. Here you have the easy and real Italian Carbonara recipe. Buon appetito!

Serving 4
120g Italian "guanciale" (or bacon if you cannot find "guanciale")
3-4 Tbs extra vergin olive oil
360gr spaghetti
4 eggs
35 g Grated grana padano or parmigiano cheese
35 g Grated pecorino romano cheese
Salt
Pepper

Instructions:

1. Cut the Bacon in small cubes or rectangles (7-8 mm.)

2.  Beat the 4 eggs in a large bowl, add pepper and half of the grated cheese mixture.  Mix well.

3. Place the Spaghetti in a pan full of salted boiling water.

4. In the meanwhile place the bacon in a large pan with oil and pepper, make it fry till it gets crunchy, add a little spoon o cooking water and set aside.

 5. Drain the spaghetti, pour them into the bacon pan. Add the egg mixture onto the pan, stir well , add the remaining grated cheese, stir well, add some of the cooking water o make the mixture creamy, Be careful: Do not overcook the eggs mix!!

6. Serve immediately with a sprinkle of pepper and some more cheese if you like. Buon Appetito!
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  1. AnonymousAugust 6, 2012 at 10:24 AM

    Super delicious!

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  2. catering service in manilaSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:00 PM

    I love pasta it makes my day complete. Yummy!

    zonia

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  3. my Italian cuisineSeptember 18, 2012 at 11:59 PM

    It's so true...when I'm down only a good and simple "piatto di spaghetti" can make me feel better!! Hi Zonia, pity you cannot participate to our fresh pasta making workshops...

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