Carbonara. Carbonara (Italian: [karboˈnaːra]) is an Italian pasta dish from Rome made with egg, hard cheese, cured pork, and black pepper. Humble ingredients—eggs, noodles, cheese, and pork—combine to create glossy, glorious pasta carbonara. It's the no-food-in-the-house dinner of our dreams.

X The legendary Antonio Carluccio finally makes his debut on Food Tube! Carbonara has been the subject of some severe bastardization here in the states, where we regularly eschew Italian tradition in favor of garlic, bacon, and green. Spaghetti alla Carbonara: When it's good, it can make your eyes roll back in your head with pleasure. You can have Carbonara using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Carbonara

It's 1 Tbsp of olive oil or unsalted butter.
You need 1/2 pound of pancetta or thick cut bacon, diced.
Prepare 1-2 of garlic cloves, minced, about 1 teaspoon (optional).
It's 3-4 of whole eggs.
Prepare 1 cup of grated parmesan or pecorino cheese.
Prepare 1 pound of spaghetti pasta (or bucatini or fettuccine).
It's to taste of Salt and black pepper.

It lurks there, beckoning, batting its eyelashes on Italian menus. Карбонара — Паста карбонара Паста алла карбона́ра (итал. Pasta alla carbonara) — спагетти с мелкими кусочками гуанчиале (соленой некопченой итальянской свиной щековины), смешанные с соусом из яиц, сыра пармезан и пекорино романо.

Carbonara step by step

Heat pasta water: Put a large pot of salted water on to boil (1 Tbsp salt for every 2 quarts of water.).
Sauté pancetta/bacon and garlic: While the water is coming to a boil, heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the bacon or pancetta and cook slowly until crispy. Add the garlic (if using) and cook another minute, then turn off the heat and put the pancetta and garlic into a large bowl..
Beat eggs and half of the cheese: In a small bowl, beat the eggs and mix in about half of the cheese..
Cook pasta: Once the water has reached a rolling boil, add the dry pasta, and cook, uncovered, at a rolling boil..
Toss pasta with pancetta bacon: When the pasta is al dente(still a little firm, not mushy), use tongs to move it to the bowl with the bacon and garlic. Let it be dripping wet. Reserve some of the pasta water. Move the pasta from the pot to the bowl quickly, as you want the pasta to be hot. It's the heat of the pasta that will heat the eggs sufficiently to create a creamy sauce. Toss everything to combine, allowing the pasta to cool just enough so that it doesn't make the eggs curdle when you mix.
Add the beaten egg mixture: Add the beaten eggs with cheese and toss quickly to combine once more. Add salt to taste. Add some pasta water back to the pasta to keep it from drying out..