Italian

Spaghetti Carbonara

Name: Spaghetti Carbonara
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 lb spaghetti; 8 oz pancetta; 3 large eggs; 2 egg yolks; 1 cup grated pecorino romano; 1/2 cup grated parmesan; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tsp black pepper; 1/2 tsp salt

Marco @marco_bologna

Spaghetti Carbonara is Italian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Medium

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 lb spaghetti
8 oz pancetta
3 large eggs
2 egg yolks
1 cup grated pecorino romano
1/2 cup grated parmesan
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the spaghetti until al dente.
Meanwhile whisk the whole eggs, yolks, pecorino, parmesan, and plenty of black pepper in a bowl.
Cook the diced pancetta with the smashed garlic in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, then discard the garlic.
Reserve a cup of pasta water, then drain the spaghetti and add it to the skillet off the heat.
Pour in the egg mixture and toss quickly, adding splashes of pasta water until the sauce turns glossy and creamy.
Serve at once with extra pecorino and black pepper.

Watch how to cook Spaghetti Carbonara

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

How to Make Classic Carbonara | Jamie Oliver Play the video

Serve it with

A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Spaghetti Carbonara, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cicoria Ripassata (Sauteed Bitter Greens)
  
  20 min
Something cool and fresh
- Insalata Caprese (Caprese Salad)
  
  10 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Spaghetti Carbonara carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Spaghetti Carbonara
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Cacciatore
Gluten	Yes	Butternut Squash Risotto
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Affettati e Formaggio (Cold Cuts and Cheese Plate)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 650 kcal
Protein: 33 g
Carbs: 67 g
Fat: 28 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 530 mg
Saturated fat: 12 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Spaghetti Carbonara takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.