Pasta Carbonara with Bacon

A very fragrant, tender dish. I recommend giving it a try.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 26 % 6 g
Fats 30 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 43 % 10 g
158 kcal
GI: 0 / 100 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    How do you make pasta carbonara with bacon? First, gather all the ingredients.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Cut the bacon into strips.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Then put the bacon in a preheated skillet.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Fry the bacon for two minutes. Mince the garlic, add it to the bacon, and fry another two minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Chop the herbs and add them to the pan.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Fry for a minute. The bacon is ready.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Make the sauce. Add the cream to the egg yolks.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Mix everything well until smooth.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Grate the cheese and add it to the egg mixture. Season with salt and pepper.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Mix everything until smooth. The sauce is ready.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Cook the pasta just shy of done and drain.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Add the fried bacon.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    And toss.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Add the sauce.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Toss everything together and take it off the heat.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Plate the finished pasta and serve. The pasta carbonara is ready. Enjoy!

  • For how to cook pasta properly, how to get it perfectly al dente, how to pick a good-quality product, and more, see the article "Pasta — how to choose it and the secrets of cooking it."
  • For tips, hacks, and all the most useful advice, see the article: "Cream and sour cream in a cream sauce: how to keep them from curdling."
  • Every oil is good only up to a certain point — its smoke point, where it starts to burn and form toxic compounds, including carcinogens. For how to gauge the right frying temperature and pick the best oil for frying (and which to avoid altogether), see here.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Buttermilk - 36  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20% fat content - 300  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120  kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300  kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 157  kcal/100g
  • Egg white - 45  kcal/100g
  • Egg powder - 542  kcal/100g
  • Egg yolk - 352  kcal/100g
  • Ostrich egg - 118  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium, fortified - 337  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium, dairy - 309  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium grade, egg - 342  kcal/100g
  • Pasta from grade 1 flour - 333  kcal/100g
  • Pasta from premium flour - 338  kcal/100g
  • Boiled pasta - 135  kcal/100g
  • Pasta - 338  kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'steppe' - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglich cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'etorki' (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45  kcal/100g
  • Boiled bacon - 447  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Sunflower oil - 898  kcal/100g
  • Refined sunflower oil - 899  kcal/100g

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