Eggs carbonara with basil and parmesan is an exquisite Italian pasta dish that truly embodies the essence of culinary excellence. Its origins can be traced back to the Roman countryside, where it was traditionally prepared using guanciale, pecorino Romano cheese, and freshly cracked eggs. Over time, this classic recipe has undergone subtle variations, incorporating ingredients like basil and parmesan cheese to create a dish that is both flavorful and visually appealing. In this article, we will take a closer look at this delectable dish, exploring its rich history, essential ingredients, and step-by-step instructions to help you recreate this culinary masterpiece in your own kitchen.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
PASTA CARBONARA
Steps:
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain well and set aside.
- Meanwhile, place bacon in large skillet. Add butter and Garlic Paste. Cook on medium heat bacon is cooked through and lightly browned.
- Whisk egg yolks, heavy cream, Parmesan, Basil Paste and Italian Herb Paste in medium bowl until well blended.
- Add hot cooked pasta to skillet with bacon, tossing to mix well. Gradually add egg mixture, tossing to mix well and heat through. Serve immediately.
EGGS CARBONARA
Provided by Bob Blumer - Host of Surreal Gourmet and Glutton for Punishment
Time 17m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a bowl, beat eggs, salt, black pepper, cheese, and milk. Set aside.
- Cook pancetta in a saute pan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally until it is done like crisp pieces of bacon. Drain off excess fat (but leave about 2 tablespoons in the pan).
- Add garlic and bell pepper to the pan and cook over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes, or until garlic shows the first sign of turning golden.
- Add Italian parsley. Stir for 1 more minute.
- Reduce heat to medium, add egg mixture to pan, and stir until eggs are cooked to your liking. Serve immediately on warmed plates.
EGGS CARBONARA WITH BASIL AND PARMESAN
Categories Milk/Cream Egg Breakfast Brunch Quick & Easy Wheat/Gluten-Free Parmesan Basil Bacon Gourmet Sugar Conscious Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added
Yield Makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Cook bacon in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, turning over occasionally, until crisp, then transfer with tongs to paper towels to drain. Reserve 2 tablespoons bacon fat in a small bowl and discard remainder. Wipe skillet clean with paper towels and reserve. When cool, finely crumble bacon.
- While bacon cools, vigorously whisk together eggs, parmesan, cream, basil, salt, and pepper in a bowl until foamy.
- Cook garlic and parsley in reserved bacon fat in skillet over moderate heat, stirring, 1 minute (do not brown garlic). Add scallions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add egg mixture and cook, stirring occasionally to scramble eggs and form large curds, lifting up cooked egg around edge with a heatproof rubber spatula to let raw egg flow underneath, until eggs are just set. Stir in crumbled bacon, top with chopped scallions and basil, and serve immediately.
PARMESAN EGGS
Take your morning eggs to the next level by nestling them in a crispy halo of Parmesan. The eggs will cook nicely while the cheese becomes an irresistibly lacy cracker, what Italians call a "frico" or cheese crisp. These eggs are lovely eaten by themselves but even better when served on top of avocado toast, in a breakfast sandwich or perhaps on top of a bed of arugula--the possibilities are endlessly delicious!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 10m
Yield 1 serving
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Set aside 2 tablespoons of the Parmesan. Sprinkle the remaining Parmesan in an 8-inch ring around the edge of a large nonstick skillet, leaving a 7-inch empty circle in the center. Sprinkle the reserved Parmesan in a line down the center of the circle, dividing it into 2 half-circles. Heat the skillet over medium-low heat.
- Gently crack an egg into each half-circle and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover the skillet and cook, undisturbed, until the whites are almost set and the cheese has melted, 3 to 4 minutes. Uncover and cook until the cheese is browned but the egg yolks are still runny, 1 to 2 minutes more. Gently slide the eggs onto a serving plate. The cheese will crisp as it cools.
CREAMY SPAGHETTI CARBONARA
This rich Italian spaghetti carbonara favorite is flavored with a sauce of pancetta, cream, eggs, and Parmesan.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Pork Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil. Heat a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and pancetta to skillet, and cook until the pancetta is browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove skillet from heat, and keep warm.
- Cook spaghetti in boiling water until al dente, about 8 minutes. While spaghetti is cooking, whisk cream, egg yolks, Parmesan, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl until combined. Drain pasta, and return to saucepan. Immediately stir in egg-and-cheese mixture until well combined. Add warm pancetta and fat from pan. Toss well. Thin sauce with additional cream, if necessary. Serve immediately, garnished with grated Parmesan cheese.
SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA TRADIZIONALI
Unlike a lot of recipes out there for spaghetti carbonara, this is the true Italian recipe from an Italian! You can't get more authentic than this recipe! Top with extra Pecorino-Romano cheese, salt, and pepper. Note there's no cream, just eggs, and Pecorino Romano cheese is used, not Parmesan.
Provided by Andry008
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 27m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir guanciale until crisp, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Whisk egg yolks and egg together in a bowl; add Pecorino-Romano cheese, salt, and pepper and whisk well. Stir in guanciale. Add spaghetti and toss until evenly coated.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 487.7 calories, Carbohydrate 74.8 g, Cholesterol 212.8 mg, Fat 10.8 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 20.7 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 333.8 mg, Sugar 2.8 g
SPAGHETTI CARBONARA II
A super rich, classic 'bacon and egg' spaghetti dish. Great to serve for company. This recipe also makes an unusual brunch offering.
Provided by SABRINATEE
Categories Main Dish Recipes Pasta Spaghetti Recipes
Time 40m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook spaghetti pasta until al dente. Drain well. Toss with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and set aside.
- Meanwhile in a large skillet, cook chopped bacon until slightly crisp; remove and drain onto paper towels. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon fat; add remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, and heat in reused large skillet. Add chopped onion, and cook over medium heat until onion is translucent. Add minced garlic, and cook 1 minute more. Add wine if desired; cook one more minute.
- Return cooked bacon to pan; add cooked and drained spaghetti. Toss to coat and heat through, adding more olive oil if it seems dry or is sticking together. Add beaten eggs and cook, tossing constantly with tongs or large fork until eggs are barely set. Quickly add 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, and toss again. Add salt and pepper to taste (remember that bacon and Parmesan are very salty).
- Serve immediately with chopped parsley sprinkled on top, and extra Parmesan cheese at table.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 444.1 calories, Carbohydrate 44.7 g, Cholesterol 117.5 mg, Fat 21.1 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 16.4 g, SaturatedFat 6.7 g, Sodium 368.8 mg, Sugar 2.4 g
CARBONARA (GUANCIALE, EGG, AND PECORINO ROMANO)
Use the best, freshest eggs you can find, and don't even think of making this dish with eggs from stressed-out battery chickens. You can taste the difference. If you can find real guanciale, so much the better. Once the eggs have been added to the pasta, do not let the pan touch the heat directly or you will wind up with scrambled eggs.
Provided by Oretta Zanini De Vita
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put the guanciale and oil in a large skillet. Sauté over medium heat until the edges of the guanciale pieces are just turning brown, about 2 minutes. Don't let it get too crisp. Set the pan and its contents aside but keep warm.
- Bring 5 quarts (5 liters) of water to a boil in an 8-quart (8-liter) pot over high heat. When the water boils, add 3 tablespoons kosher salt, then add the pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente.
- While the pasta is cooking, break the eggs into a small bowl and add all the cheese and a generous grinding of pepper. Whisk gently until the mixture is smooth.
- Drain the pasta (reserving and keeping warm a cup of its water) and put it in the skillet with the guanciale over low heat. Toss quickly to mix well.
- Holding the skillet slightly above but not touching the burner, pour the egg and cheese mixture in a stream into the pasta. Now, if you have the skill, toss the pasta with a deft movement of the wrist to blend all the contents of the pan. If you don't, remove the pan from the heat and mix quickly with two wooden spoons. If you have a warm spot, such as a food warmer or even over a pilot light, rest the pan there while you work.
- Whatever you do, work fast or the pasta will get cold and the eggs will stay raw and runny. Ideally the heat of the pasta will cook the egg just enough, and the sauce should be creamy. You can mix in a tiny bit of the reserved water to smooth things out, but you probably won't need to.
- Transfer to individual heated bowls or plates and serve instantaneously.
TOMATO, BASIL & PARMESAN SCRAMBLED EGGS
Spice up your Saturday morning scrambled eggs with a taste of the Mediterranean
Provided by Bill Granger
Categories Breakfast, Main course
Time 10m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cut a plum tomato into wedges and cook in the butter for about a minute. Stir 1 tbsp of grated Parmesan into the eggs with the cream then add to the pan and scramble (see Bill Granger's perfect scrambled eggs for how best to do this). Spoon the eggs onto a serving plate. Scatter over a few torn basil leaves, some extra Parmesan and serve with toasted ciabatta on the side.
Tips:
- Use fresh, high-quality ingredients for the best flavor.
- Cook the eggs slowly and gently to prevent them from scrambling.
- Add the pasta to the pan with tongs or a spider to avoid splashing hot oil.
- Reserve some of the pasta cooking water to thin the sauce if needed.
- Garnish the finished dish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and chopped basil.
Conclusion:
Eggs carbonara with basil and Parmesan is a quick, easy, and delicious pasta dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a flavorful and satisfying dish that the whole family will enjoy. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy pasta recipe, give eggs carbonara with basil and Parmesan a try. You won't be disappointed!
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