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[TinaK]

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i would looovvvveeee your carbonara recipe if you would share?

 

[catdaddy66]

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That is a fairly comprehensive list of options
"...so many options, ...so little time!"

 

[TeriNick50]

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i would looovvvveeee your carbonara recipe if you would share?

Pleeeease share carbonara recipe ... pretty please with an egg on top!

 

[ellieroo]

Agree Pickle them .... banty eggs are like quail eggs yummy!!!

 

[Heathercp]

Okay, so I just found out someone had asked for the recipe. Sorry, but I just never looked at this thread after posting.

I'm going to include images of the recipe because the directions are really good and although I'm one of those people who doesn't typically get hung up on following the recipe exactly, I did when cooking this one - my other attempts at Spaghetti alla Carbonara being less than satisfying.

If you like the recipe, I highly recommend buying the cookbook, The Good Egg by Marie Simmons. I haven't cooked anything I didn't like and lots of the recipes don't make you feel like you're eating egg after egg after egg, if you get what I mean. It'd make a great gift, too.

 

[Elphaba2140]

Thanks for posting that recipe. I love to make homemade pasta and this sounds good. Always looking for something new. I can't wait for my baby girls to start laying so I can have too many!

 

[flowerchild59]

In case you don't know the carbonara (black pepper) part of it is akin to the "coal miners wife" who would make the dish and often dust from her husbands clothes would drop into the dish. So the extra helping of pepper makes that part of the dish extra yummy.
I try to find the pancetta or unsmoked bacon as it adds a better flavor I think. I have been know to add garlic, onions, mushrooms and wild mushrooms to this dish and quite simply, it is even more delicious with those additions. But it stands alone with just the pasta, pancetta or bacon, parmesan and pepper.
I love this dish and it makes a great side dish too, not just a main course. We like the version with the wild mushrooms with steak or meat of any type also.

 

[flowerchild59]

PS,
I looked at the recipe and I don't get the "pat dry" the pasta part of it. You need to dump, drain add the beaten eggs and quickly stir everything as quickly as possible. It is the residual heat of the pasta that partially cooks the eggs........makes a creamy type of coating that is marvelous. Then add your parmesan, black pepper and the such.
I add the drained pasta to the pan with the bacon.

 

[clkingtx]

Flowerchild59- I think the "pat dry" was referring to the bowl, not the pasta.

Wow, that sounds really good. I will have to try it soon!

Carrie

 

[darkmatter]

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