Grammy's Kitchen · Carbonara · Tortellini Carbonara

One of 156 carbonara recipes we measured

Tortellini Carbonara

from insanelygoodrecipes.com

It ranks #1 of 156 for brightness among the carbonara recipes we compared. 6 cooks on insanelygoodrecipes.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on15m
waitingnone
makes4
each$2.35
kcal784
levelintermediate
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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, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

255 g9 ounces refrigerated cheese tortellini
8 strips bacon, finely chopped
9 g3 cloves garlic, minced
476 g2 cups heavy whipping cream
100 g1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
50 g1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Method: 10 steps, published by insanelygoodrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“at 3:13 pm This became my husband’s favorite, I have made it 4 times already in 2 months 🤭, it’s a very simple and yet delicious recipe, sometimes I replace the Parmesan cheese for whatever cheese I have on hand, I just adjust the amount of salt, and if parsle” — a cook
“at 7:17 pm The whole family enjoyed it! I used a large container of tortellini’s and it still had plenty of sauce. Everyone had seconds so that’s a plus in my books!” — a cook
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