Grammy's Kitchen · Carbonara · Lemony Avgolemono-Inspired Spaghetti Carbona

One of 156 carbonara recipes we measured

Lemony Avgolemono-Inspired Spaghetti Carbonara

from www.seriouseats.com

It ranks #1 of 156 for brightness among the carbonara recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.seriouseats.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on10m
waitingnone
makes4
each$0.78
kcal388
levelbeginner
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 156.

this recipe typical

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 156 for brightness
  • #1 of 156 for noodle texture
  • #1 of 156 for saltiness
  • #1 of 156 for sauce cling

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

453 g1 pound (453 g) spaghetti
3 g1 teaspoon (3 g) Diamond Crystal kosher salt, plus more for the pasta water; for table salt, use half as much by volume or the same weight,
150 g3 large eggs plus 2 large yolks
85 g3 ounces (85 g) Kefalotyri cheese or Pecorino Romano, grated (1 1/4 cups), plus extra for serving (see notes)
27 g2 tablespoons (30 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
5 g1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest plus 1/4 cup lemon juice from 2 lemons
1 g1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for serving
12 g2 tablespoons minced fresh dill

Method: 4 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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