Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe

Name: Spaghetti Carbonara
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Sunflower oil 40-60 ml; Parsley 1/2 bunch; sage 12 pc; thyme 4 cp; Salt 1 pinch; Bacon strips (bacon) 80 g; garlic 1 pc; butter 25 g; spaghetti 250 g; eggs 3 pc; Cream 1 tbsp; Parmesan cheese 60 g; Pecorino cheese 60 g; Salt 1 pinch; Pepper 4 pinch; Olive oil 4 tsp

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Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe Picture — Spaghetti Carbonara recipe picture © Thomas Sixt

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Thomas Sixt is a chef, food photographer, cookbook author and blogger.
Here he shares recipes, answers cooking questions and helps with cooking.

In this post I show you my Spaghetti Carbonara recipe.

I like to supplement the traditional pasta with egg with crispy fried herbs.

So the pasta gets a special taste kick.

The crispy herbs in combination with bacon, egg and pasta are a sensational and aromatic combination.

As a professional chef I have the first tip for you:

Add a little cream or whipped cream to the eggs.

Then the preparation becomes lighter in consistency and wonderfully fluffy.

This pasta will convince every gourmet, I promise! I wish you good luck and a good appetite.

Table of Contents

1. Recipe Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe
2. Nutritional Values
3. Shopping List Spaghetti Carbonara
4. Spaghetti Carbonara Original Recipe
5. Spaghetti Carbonara Without Bacon, Vegetarian
6. Crispy Herbs to Complement Carbonara
7. More Ideas for Cooking

1. Recipe Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe

Following my recipe with the exact quantities of the ingredients.

I wish you good luck and a good appetite!

Spaghetti Carbonara

Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.

Servings 2

Calories 1069

Total Time 18 Min.

Preparation Time 10 Min.

Cook Time 8 Min.

Simple guide to prepare spaghetti with bacon and egg.

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Ingredients

Crispy herbs
40-60	ml	Sunflower oil (to fry the herbs)
1/2	bunch	Parsley
12	pc	sage
4	cp	thyme
1	pinch	Salt
Carbonara Sauce and Spaghetti
80	g	Bacon strips (bacon) (Vegetarian variation see article!)
1	pc	garlic
25	g	butter
250	g	spaghetti
3	pc	eggs
1	tbsp	Cream
60	g	Parmesan cheese
60	g	Pecorino cheese
1	pinch	Salt
4	pinch	Pepper
4	tsp	Olive oil

Instruction

Fried parsley on paper towels — Place the crispy fried parsley on a plate with kitchen paper and season with salt.

Prepare herbs

Heat the sunflower oil in a large pan and fry the herbs briefly until crispy.

Put a lid on the pan to squirt the fat.

Place the crispy fried herbs on a paper towel and season with salt.

Spaghetti picture — Spaghetti photographed on a kitchen table.

Pasta cooking

Place a large pot of water on the stove and season with salt.

The pasta water may taste like sea water.

Prepare the spaghetti for cooking.

Prepare bacon

Brown the bacon strips with the peeled garlic clove in a pan with the foamed butter until light brown.

Let the carbonara settle next to the stove. Cook the spaghetti until al dente.

Mix eggs in a bowl, seasoned with salt and pepper.

Prepare eggs

Beat the eggs in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, add the cream and whisk with a fork.

Spaghetti Carbonara photographed in a pan. — Spaghetti Carbonara in the pan. Only the two types of cheese, Pecorino and Parmesan, make this pasta an Italian original.

Complete

Pour off the spaghetti and shake out well, remove the garlic from the carbonara preparation.

Pour the spaghetti into the pan, add half of the cheese and the eggs and mix briefly on the stove.

Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe Original Image — Spaghetti Carbonara recipe picture. Cook this simple pasta and enjoy the finest Italian cuisine!

Serve

Arrange the spaghetti carbonara quickly on warm plates or in bowls.

Decorate with the remaining cheese and olive oil and prepared crispy herbs and serve.

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2. Nutritional Values

3. Shopping List Spaghetti Carbonara

For your Spaghetti Carbonara you need the following ingredients…

Butter
Pancetta/breakfast bacon
Garlic
Spaghetti
Eggs
Cream
Parmesan and Pecorino
Salt, Pepper
Optional parsley, sage, thyme

Pancetta is the Italian variant of pork belly bacon.
Pancetta is marinated regionally with rosemary or sage and salt.
Pancetta is available air-dried or smoked.
For the Spaghetti Carbonara I prefer to use a lightly smoked bacon – Bacon is a good substitute!
Bacon Tip from chef Thomas Sixt

Spaghetti carbonara in the pan. Only the two cheeses Pecorino and Parmesan turn this pasta into an Italian original. © Thomas Sixt Food Photographer

4. Spaghetti Carbonara Original Recipe

A chef friend from Verona told me his original family recipe for the Carbonara:

Luigi foams the butter in a pan, adds the garlic and the diced pancetta.
Sweat the base until light brown and fry lightly.
The carbonara mixture then remains on the stove at low heat. The taste can then develop perfectly.
Cook the spaghetti in a second pot until al dente.
Remove the garlic from the carbonara mixture, the taste is now in the carbonara.
Drain the spaghetti and shake well dry.
Add the spaghetti to the carbonara mixture and remove the pan from the stove.
Add the eggs and half of pecorino and parmesan. Optionally some cream/mascarpone…
Peel off with salt and pepper and mix well.
The pasta should be covered with egg.
Add the remaining cheese and serve quickly.

Luigi showed during the preparation that he likes to add some cream or even mascarpone to the carbonara sauce.

This supports the taste and makes the Carbonara lighter. This is not mentioned in any cookbook!

Original Carbonara please prepare with two cheeses!
For the perfect Italian taste experience you need Pecorino AND Parmesan.
Tip from Chef Thomas Sixt

Carbonara Original Italian with crispy herbs. A great Carbonara Pasta that pleases the palate! © Thomas Sixt Food Photographer

5. Spaghetti Carbonara Without Bacon, Vegetarian

I have tried the Carbonara in different vegetarian variants. It tastes best with the following preparation:

Use a strong smoked tofu instead of bacon.
Remove the smoked tofu from the package and put the marinade in a bowl.
Dab the smoked tofu dry, cut into fine strips and sear over a very high heat.
Place the roasted smoked tofu strips back in the bowl and mix with the marinade.
Season with a little smoked salt and a little soy sauce and leave to marinate overnight in the fridge.
Add the prepared smoked tofu to the brown garlic clove as a bacon substitute.
The tofu should only become warm.
Add cooked spaghetti, eggs and cheese, arrange… DELICIOUS!
Just try this variation of the vegetarian Carbonara.

I think it’s delicious…Write me your comments about the comment function.

Carbonara also goes vegetarian without an animal.
This is not a classic yet, but it tastes great!
Vegetarian Tip from Chef Thomas Sixt

Vegetarian spaghetti carbonara — Vegetarian Spaghetti Carbonara

6. Crispy Herbs to Complement Carbonara

My carbonara always needs herbs. I like to combine parsley and sage to carbonara.

I fry the herbs briefly in a little oil, so I get crispy herbs that flatter the palate.

The combination of creamy eggs with pasta and a strong smoked taste gets a WOW palate feeling with crispy herbs.

This is ideal when guests come or you want to spoil your loved ones.

Crispy fried herbs complement my Carbonara as a taste kick to the creamy bacon egg sauce. Use parsley, sage and thyme. Rosemary is too strong for the soft pasta with egg. © Thomas Sixt Food Photographer