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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat a large sauté pan, until hot. Add pancetta and sauté until golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes, remove pan from heat. | 2. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs and cream. Season with pepper. Stir in 1 cup of Parmesan, reserving ¼ cup for garnish. | 3. In a large pot, boil 6 quarts of salted boiling water. Add pasta and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain pasta in a colander. Do not rinse with water; you want to retain the pasta's natural starches so that the sauce will stick. While the pasta is still hot, return it back to the pot. | 4. Add the browned pancetta and mix well. | 5. Add the cream mixture and coat the pasta completely. | 6. It's important to work quickly while the pasta is still warm so that the cream mixture will cook, but not curdle. | 7. Add remaining Parmesan and chopped parsley. Serve immediately as the pasta will absorb the sauce and the dish will become dry as it cools. | 8. Please note: Carbonara sauce is meant to be used on a Penne style pasta or a spaghetti so the sauce coats the pasta. One reviewer used a corkscrew/rotini style pasta causing the sauce to become trapped in the spirals and the pasta was dry. Also to the same reviewer most Carbonara dishes are very a simple sauce and do not add garlic or mushrooms. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pancetta	8	ounces	diced	201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
egg	6			429.0	2.16	37.68	28.53
heavy cream	1/2	cup		204.0	1.6440000000000001	1.704	21.648000000000003
parmesan cheese	1 1/4	cups	grated	370.0	40.0	40.0	5.0
penne pasta	1	lb		1691.7638	340.496	59.4625	6.8856
parsley leaf	4	tablespoons	chopped	201.7333	0.0	44.88	1.1333

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.