Grammy's Kitchen · Carbonara · Spaghetti Carbonara

One of 156 carbonara recipes we measured

Spaghetti Carbonara

from www.spendwithpennies.com

It ranks #1 of 156 for brightness among the carbonara recipes we compared. 501 cooks on www.spendwithpennies.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on10m
waitingnone
makes6
each$0.67
kcal441
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.

454 g1 pound spaghetti
6 slices pancetta (or guanciale or bacon, chopped)
6 g2 cloves garlic (minced)
150 g3 large eggs (room temperature)
100 g1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese (or pecarino ramano)
black pepper (to taste)

Method: 7 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“The technique here is the real star! The best explanation for carbonara I’ve found outside of Italy, all the little homestead tips and tricks that usually only grandmas know and teach! The possibilities of flavor combinations are endless. I didn’t have bacon a” — a cook
“I made this for dinner last night. I’m of Italian descent and this was very authentic. I had a container of leftover angel hair I needed to use up – probably 10 oz. uncooked (?) I used pancetta which I purchased chopped up in a 6oz. pkg. at Wegmans. I followed” — a cook, 5★
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