Fettuccine carbonara is a classic Italian pasta dish that has gained immense popularity worldwide. Its creamy sauce, crispy bacon, and perfectly cooked fettuccine noodles create a delightful and satisfying meal. Whether you're a seasoned cook or a beginner in the kitchen, preparing this dish can be a rewarding experience. In this guide, we'll take you through the step-by-step process of cooking the ultimate fettuccine carbonara, ensuring that you have all the necessary ingredients and techniques to create a dish that will leave your taste buds wanting more.
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FETTUCINE CARBONARA
Easy restaurant quality carbonara. I am asked to make this again and again from both friends and family!
Provided by Shannon1975
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 30m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add fettuccini and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- Fry bacon in skillet over medium heat until crispy, remove and drain on paper towel. Chop with knife into bits.
- Beat the eggs, cheese and cream in a bowl, then add the bacon. Pour over the pasta in the pan and toss gently using tongs.
- Return the pan to a very low heat and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until slightly thickened. Don't overheat or the eggs will scramble. Season well with black pepper and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 438.6 calories, Carbohydrate 43 g, Cholesterol 158.4 mg, Fat 22.8 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 16.8 g, SaturatedFat 11.7 g, Sodium 339.3 mg, Sugar 2.2 g
FETTUCCINE CARBONARA
This is one of my favourite recipes because it is so easy and can be made in a low fat version (see my low-fat fettucine carbonara version recipe)
Provided by Susie T
Categories European
Time 35m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Place water in a large saucepan with a little oil and salt.
- Bring to the boil and add fettucine.
- Stir for a few minutes to prevent fettucine from sticking together.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a saucepan and gently cook onion, garlic and bacon on medium heat until onion becomes soft being careful not to burn.
- In a bowl beat the eggs.
- Pour in cream and whisk together.
- Add salt and pepper and mix well.
- Transfer cream mixture into saucepan (off the heat) with onion, garlic and bacon and stir quickly to combine.
- When pasta is cooked, drain into a large serving bowl and stir in the carbonara sauce and combine well.
- The heat of the pasta will cook the sauce and thicken.
- Serve immediately with some extra parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 937.2, Fat 55.1, SaturatedFat 26.2, Cholesterol 428.2, Sodium 1706.3, Carbohydrate 78.2, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 1.9, Protein 32.3
FETTUCCINE CARBONARA
When a man at church found out how much my family likes fettuccine, he shared his Italian grandmother's carbonara recipe with us. I've made it my own over the last 25 years. Grated Parmesan cheese works just as well as Romano. -Kristine Chayes, Smithtown, New York
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 1 tablespoon in pan., Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, cook fettuccine according to package directions. Drain; return to pan., Add onion to drippings in skillet; cook and stir over medium heat 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in cream. In a small bowl, whisk a small amount of warm cream into eggs; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Cook 8-10 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°, stirring constantly., Stir cheese, salt, pepper and bacon into sauce. Add to fettuccine and toss to combine. Sprinkle with parsley and, if desired, additional cheese. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 495 calories, Fat 19g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 162mg cholesterol, Sodium 684mg sodium, Carbohydrate 56g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 25g protein.
SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA
For a quick dinner, whip up Tyler Florence's authentic Spaghetti alla Carbonara recipe, a rich tangle of pasta, pancetta and egg, from Food Network.
Provided by Tyler Florence
Categories main-dish
Time 25m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Prepare the sauce while the pasta is cooking to ensure that the spaghetti will be hot and ready when the sauce is finished; it is very important that the pasta is hot when adding the egg mixture, so that the heat of the pasta cooks the raw eggs in the sauce.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until tender yet firm (as they say in Italian "al dente.") Drain the pasta well, reserving 1/2 cup of the starchy cooking water to use in the sauce if you wish.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a deep skillet over medium flame. Add the pancetta and saute for about 3 minutes, until the bacon is crisp and the fat is rendered. Toss the garlic into the fat and saute for less than 1 minute to soften.
- Add the hot, drained spaghetti to the pan and toss for 2 minutes to coat the strands in the bacon fat. Beat the eggs and Parmesan together in a mixing bowl, stirring well to prevent lumps. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the egg/cheese mixture into the pasta, whisking quickly until the eggs thicken, but do not scramble (this is done off the heat to ensure this does not happen.) Thin out the sauce with a bit of the reserved pasta water, until it reaches desired consistency. Season the carbonara with several turns of freshly ground black pepper and taste for salt. Mound the spaghetti carbonara into warm serving bowls and garnish with chopped parsley. Pass more cheese around the table.
SPAGHETTI CARBONARA
This dish is a deli egg-bacon-and-cheese-on-a-roll that has been pasta-fied, fancified, fetishized and turned into an Italian tradition that, like many inviolate Italian traditions, is actually far less old than the Mayflower. Because America may have contributed to its creation, carbonara is Exhibit A in the back-and-forth between Italy and the United States when it comes to food. Remember: the main goal is creaminess.
Provided by Ian Fisher
Categories dinner, easy, quick, pastas, main course
Time 25m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Place a large pot of lightly salted water (no more than 1 tablespoon salt) over high heat, and bring to a boil. Fill a large bowl with hot water for serving, and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, yolks and pecorino and Parmesan. Season with a pinch of salt and generous black pepper.
- Set the water to boil. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add the pork, and sauté until the fat just renders, on the edge of crispness but not hard. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Add pasta to the water and boil until a bit firmer than al dente. Just before pasta is ready, reheat guanciale in skillet, if needed. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water, then drain pasta and add to the skillet over low heat. Stir for a minute or so.
- Empty serving bowl of hot water. Dry it and add hot pasta mixture. Stir in cheese mixture, adding some reserved pasta water if needed for creaminess. Serve immediately, dressing it with a bit of additional grated pecorino and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 513, UnsaturatedFat 11 grams, Carbohydrate 64 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 20 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 339 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
ULTIMATE SPAGHETTI CARBONARA RECIPE
Discover how to make superb spaghetti carbonara. This cheesy pasta dish is an Italian favourite and with the right technique, you can make it perfect every time
Provided by Angela Nilsen
Categories Dinner, Main course
Time 35m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Put a large saucepan of water on to boil.
- Finely chop the 100g pancetta, having first removed any rind. Finely grate 50g pecorino cheese and 50g parmesan and mix them together.
- Beat the 3 large eggs in a medium bowl and season with a little freshly grated black pepper. Set everything aside.
- Add 1 tsp salt to the boiling water, add 350g spaghetti and when the water comes back to the boil, cook at a constant simmer, covered, for 10 minutes or until al dente (just cooked).
- Squash 2 peeled plump garlic cloves with the blade of a knife, just to bruise it.
- While the spaghetti is cooking, fry the pancetta with the garlic. Drop 50g unsalted butter into a large frying pan or wok and, as soon as the butter has melted, tip in the pancetta and garlic.
- Leave to cook on a medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often, until the pancetta is golden and crisp. The garlic has now imparted its flavour, so take it out with a slotted spoon and discard.
- Keep the heat under the pancetta on low. When the pasta is ready, lift it from the water with a pasta fork or tongs and put it in the frying pan with the pancetta. Don't worry if a little water drops in the pan as well (you want this to happen) and don't throw the pasta water away yet.
- Mix most of the cheese in with the eggs, keeping a small handful back for sprinkling over later.
- Take the pan of spaghetti and pancetta off the heat. Now quickly pour in the eggs and cheese. Using the tongs or a long fork, lift up the spaghetti so it mixes easily with the egg mixture, which thickens but doesn't scramble, and everything is coated.
- Add extra pasta cooking water to keep it saucy (several tablespoons should do it). You don't want it wet, just moist. Season with a little salt, if needed.
- Use a long-pronged fork to twist the pasta on to the serving plate or bowl. Serve immediately with a little sprinkling of the remaining cheese and a grating of black pepper. If the dish does get a little dry before serving, splash in some more hot pasta water and the glossy sauciness will be revived.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 655 calories, Fat 31 grams fat, SaturatedFat 16 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 66 grams carbohydrates, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 32 grams protein, Sodium 2.02 milligram of sodium
FETTUCCINE CARBONARA
Make and share this Fettuccine Carbonara recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Diana Adcock
Categories Cheese
Time 25m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat a large pot of salted water on high and begin to cook pasta if it's dry.
- If it's fresh wait until after youve prepared the sauce as it will only take 3 minutes to cook.
- Beat together the eggs, parmesan cheese and parsley until eggs are blended well.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and add the butter.
- Saute the garlic and mushrooms for 3-4 minutes.
- Add the cream and heat through.
- Drain the pasta and return to pot immediately.
- Add the mushroom and egg mixture, tossing for 2 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper, serve at once.
FETTUCCINI CARBONARA
This carbonara is a delectable, mouth watering pile of yummy goodness. I recommend a nice salad with it - that's all you will need for a complete meal.
Provided by Sarah W. Lennox
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 35m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Saute shallots until softened. Stir in onion and bacon, and cook until bacon is evenly browned. Stir in garlic when bacon is about half done. Remove from heat.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain pasta, then return it to the pot.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together egg yolks, cream, and shredded Parmesan. Pour the bacon mixture over the pasta, then stir in the cream mixture. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 613.9 calories, Carbohydrate 64.8 g, Cholesterol 165.9 mg, Fat 28.6 g, Fiber 3.2 g, Protein 26 g, SaturatedFat 11.5 g, Sodium 750.3 mg, Sugar 4.8 g
THE BEST CARBONARA
Now this is our idea of comfort food. Creamy and rich, it's the quintessential dish for a chilly evening. We like to splurge every once in a while and add a knob of butter to the cheesy egg sauce just to round it out. We've left that option up to you, however. Either way, we can't think of a more classic or satisfying pasta dish.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.
- Whisk together the eggs, yolks, Parmesan, Pecorino, pepper and butter if using in a large bowl until well combined.
- Add the pasta and cook as the label directs. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain the pasta.
- Meanwhile, cook the pancetta in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the spaghetti and half the reserved pasta cooking water to the skillet and toss to combine.
- Add the egg mixture and toss to coat. Cook, tossing continuously to avoid scrambling the eggs, until the sauce is creamy, thinning it with the remaining pasta water if it becomes too thick (it should be saucy but not watery), about 1 minute.
- Divide the pasta among plates and sprinkle with more grated Parmesan.
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients. The better the ingredients, the better the carbonara will be. Look for fresh eggs, guanciale or pancetta, and Pecorino Romano cheese.
- Don't overcook the eggs. The eggs should be cooked until they are just set, but still slightly runny. If you overcook them, they will become scrambled and the carbonara will be ruined.
- Add the cheese gradually. Add the cheese a little at a time, stirring constantly, until the sauce is creamy and smooth. If you add the cheese all at once, it will clump together and the sauce will be lumpy.
- Season to taste. Add salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste. You may also want to add a touch of lemon juice or white wine.
- Serve immediately. Carbonara is best served immediately, while the pasta is still hot and the sauce is creamy. If you let it sit for too long, the pasta will absorb the sauce and become dry.
Conclusion:
Fettuccine carbonara is a delicious and easy-to-make pasta dish that is perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create a restaurant-quality carbonara that your family and friends will love.
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