Are you also in the mood for Italian pasta? This creamy pasta carbonara (Spaghetti alla Carbonara) has lots of flavor and is also a quick and easy meal. It is often prepared incorrectly, for example, many people add cream of cooking cream to the sauce. However, this does not belong in the authentic carbonara dish.

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Pasta used to be often made by poor people. The name also originally comes from the coal burners who ate this dish during their break. In fact, coal burners is Carbonaro in Italian.

Recipe

The one and only spaghetti carbonara

Quick, easy and delicious!

Course	Main course
Kitchen	Italian
Servings	4 servings

Preparation time

Preparation time	30 min
Total	30 min

Equipment

Casserole
Frying pan

Ingredients

350 gr. spaghetti
150 gr. guanciale (alternative: pancetta)
3 eggs
grated Parmesan cheese
good olive oil
salt & freshly ground pepper

Spaghetti Carbonara

Kook The spaghetti in a pan with plenty of boiling (salted) water until it is al dente.
Heat olive oil in the pan and fry the guanciale in it. Beat the eggs loose and mix with grated parmesan.
Actually your dish is already ready! You only have to put the spaghetti and the egg/cheese mixture at the bacon and stir everything well. Make sure your pan is no longer on the fire, otherwise the egg can solidify and then you have scrambled eggs in your pasta.
Serve immediately and eat when it is still hot, it is tastiest!

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A classic pasta carbonara includes Parmesan cheese, egg and black pepper. Furthermore, Guanciale was always used as a bacon, which comes from the cheek of the pig. This may not sound very tasty, but because of the fat this is a super tasty ingredient for the spaghetti Alla Carbonara.

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