Italian
Spaghetti Carbonara
Spaghetti Carbonara is Italian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb spaghetti
- 8 oz pancetta
- 3 large eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup grated pecorino romano
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the spaghetti until al dente.
- Meanwhile whisk the whole eggs, yolks, pecorino, parmesan, and plenty of black pepper in a bowl.
- Cook the diced pancetta with the smashed garlic in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, then discard the garlic.
- Reserve a cup of pasta water, then drain the spaghetti and add it to the skillet off the heat.
- Pour in the egg mixture and toss quickly, adding splashes of pasta water until the sauce turns glossy and creamy.
- Serve at once with extra pecorino and black pepper.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Spaghetti Carbonara carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Meat or fish, Egg, and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Spaghetti Carbonara takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on spaghetti, egg, pancetta, and pecorino.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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