Absolutely Foolproof Authentic Carbonara
- 100 grams Pasta of your choice (long or short pasta is fine)
- 50 ml (A) Heavy cream (or heavy cream and milk in equal parts... I prefer this)
- 1 (A) Egg yolk
- 1 (A) Parmesan cheese
- 1 (A) Salt
- 1 (A) Pepper
- 30 ml Garlic oil fromor extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove Garlic (finely chopped)
- 1/4 of one onion Onion (optional)
- 1 Bacon
- 1 Black pepper (coarsely ground if possible)
- Add 3 liters of water into a large pot and start to bring it to boil.
- This is the water to be used for cooking the pasta.
- Once the water is beginning to boil add 2 tablespoons of salt (this amount is equal to 1% of the weight of the water).
- The amount of salt used in Step 1 will also add flavor.
- Please make sure to measure out the salt carefully.
- When the pasta water comes to a boil, turn the heat down very low to have it ready to go.
- Put the olive oil and garlic in a cold frying pan and heat over a low heat to draw out the fragrance of the garlic.
- If using the garlic oil from, skip Step 3 and move to Step 5...
- This oil can be preserved and is very convenient.
- When the garlic from Step 3 has become slightly beige and fragrant, add the bacon roughly cut into pieces.
- The fragrance of the bacon will also transfer to the oil.
- Prepare a "Bowl A", a "Bowl B" and a strainer to drain the pasta.
- Bowl B should be bigger than Bowl A.
- Add the A ingredients to Bowl A and lightly mix.
- Place the strainer over the top of Bowl B.
- When the fragrance of the bacon in Step 5 has transferred to the oil, add the onion, salt and pepper and heat over a low-medium heat.
- Once the onions are soft, remove from the heat.
- Cook the pasta in the prepared water and once it is cooked to al dente, drain the water in the strainer in Step 8.
- *Preserve the drained water in Bowl B.
- Add the pasta from Step 11 and 2 tablespoons of the drained water to the frying pan in Step 10 and heat over medium heat.
- Mix all the ingredients together well.
- Add all of the ingredients in the frying pan into Bowl A and mix well.
- Place Bowl A with the pasta inside over the top of Bowl B with the hot pasta water.
- This makes a double boiler.
- Heat the mixture in Bowl A using this method and mix well.
- The pasta water in the double boiler is hot so the sauce in Bowl A will quickly thicken up.
- Place it onto a plate, add plenty of black pepper and you're done!
- I think a lot of people would normally add the egg mixture in last.
- However, if you heat the sauce in the double boiler the egg mixture won't become lumpy.
- The combined fragrance of garlic and bacon is the best I love the rich and smooth sauce of this carbonara.
- Please also try this version - "Tomato Carbonara With Plenty Of Bacon".
- It's quite addictive.
- This is a carbonara without the heavy cream and milk, using only egg..
- Please try this "Rome-style Authentic Carbonara."
pasta of your choice, heavy cream, egg yolk, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, garlic oil, clove garlic, onion onion, bacon, black pepper
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/153137-absolutely-foolproof-authentic-carbonara (may not work)