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Content about Pasta Carbonara

It happened again.  I'm just minding my own business, slowing making my way through Bill Buford's book Heat, and I get to passage where Alex, a former chef at Babbo, describes how Frankie, his screaming superior, had taught him how to make pasta Carbonara: You render your guanciale, and make a sauce with and the egg whites, and then, after you've plated it, you add your yolks, uncooked. That night I had pasta Carbonara at 10:30.  I...
January 15, 2006
This recipe loses the cream altogether, replacing it with white wine.
Pasta Carbonara 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 small onion, diced 3 thin slices bacon 1/2 cup dry white wine 1 pound farfalle pasta 4 egg yolks small handful chopped Italian parsley 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup of pasta cooking water Serves 4. Recipe adapted from Cucina Rustica Get a huge pot of salted water boiling right away--you can always turn it off...