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Carbonara Spaghetti
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Carbonara Spaghetti

Recipes »  Main Dish  »  Pasta

A simple dish at first glance, but this traditional recipe is deceptively complicated in its many levels of flavor.

"My family loved this recipe!! I didn't have the wine so I used milk and added chicken bullion cubes to that! And I doubled the recipe and served it and my family loved it ! " - 2667mati

Yield: 0 Servings Ready in 20 minutes

Cuisine: ItalianMain Ingredient: Pasta

(4.1, 15) 87% would make again (reviews)

Favorite favorite of 582 people 512 people Try Soon want to try


Verified by stevemur

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Original recipe makes 0 Servings
1 1/8 poundsSpaghetti
5 1/4 ouncesBacon strips; (raw)
3 clovegarlic
1/3 cuponion; chopped; (chopped really tiny)
1/2 white wine
2/3 cupcream; (we call it milk cream or sour cream)
1/2 cupparmesan cheese; grated
1/4 teaspoonblack pepper
2 Eggs
1 dashnutmeg

Carbonara Spaghetti Preparation

Put the bacon in a cold skillet, along with garlic (the cloves should be whole, not chopped) and onion. Remember you won't need oil. Heat up until it turns brownish then remove the cloves with a fork.

Separately, mix in a bowl eggs, milk cream and pepper. Pour this mix in the skillet and add the wine. Stir a bit till it turns creamy.

Make the Spaghetti:

The process is very simple. Boil 4-6 cups of water (with about a teaspoon of salt). Once the water is boiling put the spaghetti in the pot. DO NOT BREAK THEM. As they heat up they will bend. Help them with a kitchen fork by stirring slowly. Make sure your water is boiling all the time. Sometimes when you add the spaghetti, the water stops bubbling. Raise the temperature a bit, and then lower it once you get it boiling again. You should cook the spaghetti at medium temperature average. Depending on how cooked you want your spaghetti, this takes place in 9-11 minutes. Most people prefer "al dente". Thsi means, that point where the pasta is not raw anymore but still has a nice hard texture. Once the time is passed, rinse to get rid of the water. Voila!

And a tip. If some spaghetti is leftover (better if it hasn't been mixed with sauce) you can later boil some water and drop in this prepared pasta for 5 minutes. It will taste as freshly made.

The tricky part is to calculate your time so that both your spaghetti and the sauce are ready approximately at the same time. The next step is simply to join the spaghetti and the sauce, use two forks to mix them well. And that's it!! Add nutmeg and serve with lots of parmesan cheese.

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Calories Per Serving: 4170
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Carbonara Spaghetti Reviews

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I'm not sure what happened for me, but this turned out more like breakfast pasta than carbonara for me. It was still good, just not what I was hoping for/expecting.
4 months, 4 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes ago
I really enjoyed this recipe and will try it again in the future
5 months, 4 days, 22 hours, 27 minutes ago
My family loved this recipe!! I didn't have the wine so I used milk and added chicken bullion cubes to that! And I doubled the recipe and served it and my family loved it !
1 years, 1 months, 18 hours, 11 minutes ago
1 years, 1 months, 5 days, 18 hours, 9 minutes ago
So sorry it didn't work out for you! I suspect you did what my neighbor did and used a 1lb box of spaghetti thinking the extra bit the recipe required wouldn't make a difference. It does! It would definitely be eggier when there's less pasta to coat! I'm glad you marked it 'would make again' anyway. Better luck next time! =)
1 years, 2 months, 6 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes ago
This should be called 'carbonara spaghetti egg scramble' definitely was not good
1 years, 2 months, 6 days, 19 hours, 46 minutes ago
Love the flavors quick and easy to mAke for brunch with the gf's pair it with a mimosa
1 years, 3 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
This dish really hits the spot. Easy to make and tasty.
1 years, 4 months, 4 weeks, 20 hours, 46 minutes ago
REALLY good! Put a little parsley in it for color, great comfort food
1 years, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 15 hours, 35 minutes ago
1 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 14 hours, 8 minutes ago
nice and quick to make. verry tastefull and my parents were impressed
1 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
Very tasty and easy to prepare! I was surprised at how quick this was and tasted exactly the same as eating at an Italian restaurant. Yum!! 5 *****
1 years, 9 months, 2 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes ago
Delicious on many levels, and very simple for a carbonara recipe. Tastes authentic and even the kids had seconds!
1 years, 9 months, 6 days, 22 hours, 6 minutes ago
My favorite recipe for Carbonara, the richness is so comforting after a long day of work. 2 Thumbs up!!!
1 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 16 hours, 15 minutes ago
A flavorful dish and simple. I do have a recipe from living in Italy that is better, but more work. So it was nice for a quick meal.
1 years, 10 months, 1 weeks, 14 hours, 21 minutes ago

Tags

  1. Wine Sauce
  2. wine
  3. cheese
  4. italian
  5. bacon
  6. carbonara
  7. Main Dish
  8. Pasta
  9. Dinner

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