Grammy's Kitchen · Carbonara · Carbonara Shrimp Alfredo
One of 63 carbonara recipes we measured
from cafedelites.com
It ranks #1 of 63 for brightness among the carbonara recipes we compared. 13 cooks on cafedelites.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| protein add | 0% | 47% |
| egg | 0% | 39% |
| aromatics | 0% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons olive oil |
| 113 g | 4 oz bacon (diced ) |
| 150 g | 1 small onion |
| 18 g | 6 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 454 g | 1 pound shrimp (tails on or off) |
| 298 g | 1 1/4 cups heavy cream (half and half or evaporated milk) |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (fresh grated) |
| 1 pinch salt (to taste) | |
| 2 g | 1 pinch pepper (to taste) |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon fresh parsley (chopped ) |
Method: 5 steps, published by cafedelites.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
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