Pasta Carbonara with Bacon

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 35 % 15 g
Fats 42 % 18 g
Carbohydrates 23 % 10 g
268 kcal
GI: 0 / 100 / 0
  • Carbonara traces its roots to Rome and the cooking of the Lazio region, of which Rome is the capital. Roman cuisine evolved over centuries, and by the 19th century pasta dishes had become one of its hallmarks. Despite being one of the great symbols of Roman cooking and one of the most popular pasta dishes in the world, carbonara is actually fairly recent: the first documented references to "spaghetti alla carbonara" appear only in the 1950s — for example, in the Italian poet Mario dell'Arco's 1951 book "Lunga vita di Trilussa," and in Alberto Moravia's Roman love stories from 1954. Carbonara is closely related to a small family of classic Roman pasta dishes: amatriciana, cacio e pepe, gricia, and Alfredo. In fact, gricia is essentially carbonara without the egg, while cacio e pepe leaves out both the egg and the meat.

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

  • Boiled bacon - 447  kcal/100g
  • Water - 0  kcal/100g
  • Egg yolks - 352  kcal/100g
  • Parmesan cheese 45% fat content - 389  kcal/100g
  • Pepper - 26  kcal/100g
  • Spaghetti - 338  kcal/100g

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