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- From: kra@hpcnof.hp.com (Katherine Rives Albitz)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Spaghetti carbonara
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- Date: 5 Feb 88 06:14:55 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CARBONARA-2 M "30 Oct 30" 1988
- .RZ "SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA II" "Spaghetti with raw eggs and Italian bacon"
- While there are innumerable minor variations in the way people make this
- celebrated Roman dish, there are really only two substantially different
- schools of thought. One maintains that pancetta, a mild, cured, unsmoked
- Italian bacon, is the only correct bacon to use. The other school insists on
- the smoked American variety. Both are good, and both are popular in Italy, but
- the version I prefer is the one with pancetta. The flavor of smoke is not
- usually associated with Italian food; certainly hardly ever outside of Alto
- Adige, a German-speaking region in the North that was once part of Austria. In
- this dish, I find that smoked bacon adds a sharpness that wearies the palate
- after the first bitefuls. Try it both ways, and decide for yourself.
- .IH
- .IG "\(12 lb" "pancetta or bacon" "250 g"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "olive oil" "30 ml"
- .IG "1 Tbsp" "butter" "15 ml"
- .IG "4" "garlic cloves,"
- peeled and lightly crushed
- .IG "\(14 cup" "dry white wine" "60 ml"
- .IG "" "salt"
- .IG "1 lb" "package thin spaghetti" "500 g"
- .IG "3" "eggs"
- .IG "\(14 cup" "freshly grated Peccorino romano cheese" "50 g"
- .IG "\(12 cup" "freshly grated Parmesan cheese" "100 g"
- .IG "" "freshly ground black pepper"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "parsley," "30 ml"
- chopped fine.
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Cut the pancetta or bacon into thin strips.
- .SK 2
- Put the oil, butter and crushed garlic into a saucepan or small saute
- pan, and turn on the heat to medium high. When the garlic becomes colored
- a deep gold, remove and discard it.
- .SK 3
- Put the pancetta or bacon into the pan, and saut\z\(aae until it begins to be
- crisp at the edges.
- .SK 4
- Add the wine, and let it boil away for a minute or two; then turn off the
- heat.
- .SK 5
- In a large pot, bring
- .AB "4\-5 quarts" "4\-5 liters"
- water to a boil. Add
- .AB "2\-3 Tbsp" "30\-40 ml"
- salt, and when the water returns to a boil, put in the spaghetti.
- .SK 6
- Take the bowl from which you'll be serving the spaghetti later, and into it
- break the three eggs. Beat them lightly, then mix into them both grated
- cheeses, a liberal grinding of pepper, and the parsley.
- .SK 7
- When the spaghetti is tender but firm to the bite, drain it, and put it into
- the serving bowl with the egg-and-cheese mixture. toss rapidly and
- thoroughly until it is well coated.
- .SK 8
- Reheat the pancetta or bacon quickly over high heat, then pour the entire
- contents of the pan over the spaghetti. Toss again thoroughly, and serve
- immediately.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate.
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes.
- .I Precision:
- Approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Katherine Rives Albitz
- Hewlett-Packard, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
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