Authentic Carbonara Pasta Recipe | Italian Dish | Continental Cuisine

carbonara is a continental dish, origin from Rome, Italy. The basic ingredients are pasta, hard cheese, egg, pork meat and seasoning of salt and crushed black pepper. Basically, spaghetti pasta is used to make carbonara. similarly, The cheese are used in it is pecorino Romano or parmesan which is also known as parmigiano-Reggiano or sometimes It can be used combination of these two. meat  used in this dish is guanciale, an Italian cured meat which is  prepared from pork cheek or jowl . The word guanciale is derived from guancia, the Italian word for cheek. you can also use pancetta instead of guanciale, it's a cured meat prepared from pork belly. egg yolk is used for creamy texture.

course : In US, pasta is the main attraction, so it is basically served in large portion, but if we talk about Italy, It is served in a small portion because it is served as a appetize, never the entire meal .

portion : A single serving portion of pasta is about 56 gm of dry pasta, which is equal to 2 ounces .

Here, I am sharing you Both Authentic carbonara recipe and the Basic recipe of carbonara.

Authentic carbonara 

Ingredients

• olive oil                             10 ml
• Guanciale | pancetta      30 gm
• spaghetti                         50 gm
• parmesan | pecorino      10 gm
• Egg                                    1
• seasoning                        To flavor and taste

Method of preparing 

• Boil the pasta in a salted water until al denta. meanwhile, heat the oil in a pan and fry the pancetta or guanciale until golden brown color.

• when pasta is boiled, drain and add to the pan with fried meat and mix well, you can use little bit pasta water to make the pasta little saucy .

• Now, Turn off the flame and add carbonara sauce and mix well. It is prepared by lightly beating the egg yolk with fine grated cheese, salt and crush black pepper . 

• Garnishing with grated cheese and sprinkling fresh crushed peppercorn on the top of pasta .

Chef notes

• pasta water or warm water is added into pasta because it help the pasta from being dried and looking saucy.
• It is important to keep it mind that, carbonara sauce is added into the pasta for creamy texture, so add it after turning off the flame because if the temperature is high then the sauce get curdles .
• other things, carbonara sauce is added just before serving .
• keep close mind while adding salt because pecorino and cheese and sauce already have salt .

Basic | Cream Base carbonara recipe

Ingredients

• olive oil                             10 ml
• Guanciale | pancetta      30 gm
• spaghetti                         50 gm
• parmesan | pecorino      10 gm
• fresh cream                      50 ml
• white wine                        5ml
• garlic                               1/2 tsp
• onion                               1 tsp
• seasoning                       To taste
• parsley                           1 pinch

Method of Preparation

• Heat the olive oil in the pan and sauté the pancetta until slightly golden in color.
• Add onion and then chopped garlic.
• Glazing with white wine.
• Add Fresh cream and cook to little thicken and then add grated parmesan cheese that make your sauce creamy and thick.
• when you sauce has a good consistency add pasta and chopped parsley and tossed.
• Your pasta is ready, now you can plate as per your creativity.

Garnishing

• carbonara pasta is garnishing with grated cheese, crushed pepper corn and herbs like parsley or basil leaf . 

Accompaniment 

• Garlic bread, bread stick and Caesar salad can be the best accompaniment for carbonara pasta.

Storing 

• Not suitable 

Nutrition

• It contains carbohydrate and protein more than other nutrition. carbohydrate found in pasta and protein in egg and cheese .

Image credit : The credit of all the images goes to YouTube channel Jamie Oliver .

Terminology

seasoning : It is a dried flavoring agents that used in the dish to enhance the taste like salt and pepper, dried herb .

GBC : The full form of golden brown color . It used to describe food .

cured meat : cured meat is a meat that has been preserving through smoking, drying, ageing and canning. sometimes flavoring is added into it .

pasta water : Actually, it is hot water in which pasta is boiled .

al denta : Boiled the pasta up to 70-80% . 

Contact Information
Content writer : Chef BBS
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