Creamy Carbonara

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2006

At its best, pasta carbonara is a velvety smooth blend of eggs, cream, cheese, bacon, and pepper. We wanted to make a pasta carbonara as good as that served in Rome

SERVES 4 to 6

Creamy Carbonara

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We developed an easy Creamy Carbonara recipe that cooks up velvety smooth and is assertively flavored. First, we tempered the garlic’s forceful flavor by cooking it briefly in rendered bacon fat. To cut the cream’s richness, we used white w...

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