🇮🇹 Italy
Spaghetti Carbonara, made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
20 min3 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Boil 200 g spaghetti in salted water until al dente, reserving 120 ml pasta water.
- 2
Crisp 110 g diced guanciale in a skillet over medium heat, then turn off heat.
- 3
Whisk 4 egg yolks, 250 ml Pecorino Romano, and cracked black pepper, then toss quickly with hot pasta, guanciale, and reserved pasta water until creamy.
🇮🇹 How it's eaten in Italy
In Italy, it is served immediately with extra freshly grated Pecorino Romano and coarse black pepper.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- spaghetti200 g
- guanciale, diced110 g
Swap: 110 g thick-cut bacon, diced（Easier to find）
- egg yolks4 large
- grated Pecorino Romano cheese250 ml
Swap: 250 ml grated Parmesan cheese（Common staple）
- coarsely cracked black pepper1 tsp
Authentic ingredients in Italy
- spaghetti200 g
- guanciale110 g
- egg yolks4 large
- Pecorino Romano250 ml
- freshly cracked black pepper1 tsp
- Salt for pasta water
Optional authentic touch
Whisking egg yolks with pasta water off the heat creates an emulsion without scrambling the eggs.
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