Does anyone know a really good recipe for spaghetti carbonara?
Traditional carbonara contains no cream, its creamy yes, but not made so by cream. Here is the recipe I like to use Spaghetti alla Carbonara by David Leite Serves 4 Alla carbonara means “in the manner of the coal miner” (or the coal miner’s wife). According to legend, the dish was popular with miners because the few ingredients could easily be carried or, in the case of eggs, pocketed from henhouses on the way to work. When appetites knocked, a simple campfire in the woods was all that was needed to make an elegant meal. The liberal use of pepper is considered a modern-day metaphor for the specks of coal that would inevitably drop from the miners’ clothing onto the plates of pasta. 1 tablespoon olive oil 6 ounces thickly sliced pancetta, diced into 1/4-inch pieces 2 tablespoons salt 1 pound spaghetti 3 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk, well beaten 3/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano combined with 1/4 cup grated Pecorino Romano 3/4 cup of boiling pasta water Freshly ground black pepper, to tas
