Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. Olive Oil: No need to use oil in this recipe since you aren’t cooking anything in fat, but if you’re adding any additional vegetables you can certainly add olive oil or cook them in the bacon fat.Heavy Cream: Heavy cream can be used if you are avoiding the use of raw eggs to create a creamy cheese sauce.If you see a recipe call for it, look to another recipe unless they call for it in the creation of fresh pasta. Whole Eggs: There is never a reason to add whole eggs to this recipe.White Wine: You can of course add this in place of or in addition to the pasta water, but the starch in the reserved cooking water helps the creamy texture of the sauce.Fresh Parsley: An easy topping, but not needed as the parsley flavor will overpower the egg yolk flavor.Pecorino Romano Cheese: If you have it on hand or don’t like Parmesan Cheese, you can use Romano in its place.Garlic Cloves: While not traditional you can of course add them in as raw, roasted or cook them in olive oil or bacon fat first.Add them in frozen as you toss the pasta as they will thaw quickly. Peas: Carbonara is wonderful with peas, but you can certainly skip the peas.
Variations on Traditional Carbonara Recipe Ingredients: By following the directions below you’ll end up with a wonderful creamy pasta that doesn’t curdle. The only version that ended with scrambled eggs was pouring in the eggs directly into the pan fully before tossing, which is not how the directions are written.
This recipe has been tested multiple times before publishing, with pasta tossed with the eggs even taking an extra minute or so, tossing it slower or faster, trying to come up with the easiest approach. People worry about scrambling the eggs or eating raw eggs because of the heat of the pasta. One of the most intimidating things about making carbonara pasta is the egg sauce. It’s like stepping into Rome, Italy with the benefit of it taking as long as a normal weeknight dinner. A quick and easy recipe for spaghetti carbonara topped with bacon and peas made without intimidation! This recipe is as easy as making the pasta and bacon and tossing it together with rich egg yolks and a bit of reserved pasta water to make the creamiest, easiest sauce ever.