Absolutely Foolproof Authentic Carbonara.
To make Absolutely Foolproof Authentic Carbonara you need 11 ingredients and just 19 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
- Prepare of Pasta of your choice (long or short pasta is fine).
- It's of (A) Heavy cream (or heavy cream and milk in equal parts... I prefer this).
- It's of (A) Egg yolk.
- It's of (A) Parmesan cheese.
- It's of (A) Salt.
- It's of (A) Pepper.
- You need of Garlic oil fromor extra virgin olive oil.
- It's of Garlic (finely chopped).
- It's of of one onion Onion (optional).
- You need of Bacon.
- You need of Black pepper (coarsely ground if possible).
Absolutely Foolproof Authentic Carbonara step by step
- Add 3 liters of water into a large pot and start to bring it to boil. This is the water to be used for cooking the pasta. Once the water is beginning to boil add 2 tablespoons of salt (this amount is equal to 1% of the weight of the water)..
- The amount of salt used in Step 1 will also add flavor. Please make sure to measure out the salt carefully. When the pasta water comes to a boil, turn the heat down very low to have it ready to go..
- Put the olive oil and garlic in a cold frying pan and heat over a low heat to draw out the fragrance of the garlic..
- If using the garlic oil from, skip Step 3 and move to Step 5... This oil can be preserved and is very convenient. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/154290-garlic-chips-and-garlic-oil.
- When the garlic from Step 3 has become slightly beige and fragrant, add the bacon roughly cut into pieces. The fragrance of the bacon will also transfer to the oil..
- Prepare a "Bowl A", a "Bowl B" and a strainer to drain the pasta. Bowl B should be bigger than Bowl A..
- Add the A ingredients to Bowl A and lightly mix..
- Place the strainer over the top of Bowl B..
- When the fragrance of the bacon in Step 5 has transferred to the oil, add the onion, salt and pepper and heat over a low-medium heat..
- Once the onions are soft, remove from the heat..
- Cook the pasta in the prepared water and once it is cooked to al dente, drain the water in the strainer in Step 8. *Preserve the drained water in Bowl B..
- Add the pasta from Step 11 and 2 tablespoons of the drained water to the frying pan in Step 10 and heat over medium heat. Mix all the ingredients together well..
- Add all of the ingredients in the frying pan into Bowl A and mix well..
- Place Bowl A with the pasta inside over the top of Bowl B with the hot pasta water. This makes a double boiler. Heat the mixture in Bowl A using this method and mix well..
- The pasta water in the double boiler is hot so the sauce in Bowl A will quickly thicken up. Place it onto a plate, add plenty of black pepper and you're done!.
- I think a lot of people would normally add the egg mixture in last. However, if you heat the sauce in the double boiler the egg mixture won't become lumpy..
- The combined fragrance of garlic and bacon is the best I love the rich and smooth sauce of this carbonara..
- Please also try this version - "Tomato Carbonara With Plenty Of Bacon". It's quite addictive. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/154144-tomato-carbonara-with-plenty-of-bacon.
- This is a carbonara without the heavy cream and milk, using only egg.. Please try this "Rome-style Authentic Carbonara." https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/155750-roman-style-authentic-carbonara.