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Here's carbonara, step by step. Miso speaks up exactly when you need him to.
Classic Roman pasta with egg, pecorino, guanciale, and black pepper.
Fill a large pot 3/4 full. Crank the burner to high. Cover with a lid until it's a rolling boil.
Pasta needs room to move around or it will stick together.
Whisk 3 yolks and 1 whole egg with 3/4 cup grated pecorino and cracked pepper until thick and creamy.
The mixture should be thick like pancake batter — this prevents the eggs from scrambling when added to hot pasta.
Salt the water until it tastes like the sea. Add 200g spaghetti. Cook 1 minute less than the package says. Reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining.
It will finish cooking in the pan with the guanciale fat.
Add guanciale strips to a cold non-stick pan. Bring up to medium heat. Render 6-7 minutes until golden and crispy.
Fat renders slowly without burning — no oil needed, guanciale has plenty of its own.
Toss drained pasta into the guanciale pan with heat OFF. Pour the egg mixture over. Toss vigorously for 1-2 minutes. Splash in pasta water if it thickens up too fast.
The pasta and pan are hot enough to make a creamy sauce. Putting it back on the burner scrambles the eggs.
Warm two bowls. Twirl pasta into portions. Top with the rest of the pecorino and more cracked pepper.
It thickens as it cools — serve and eat immediately for the best creamy texture.
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My Kitchen Pal teaches cooking like a martial art. You start at White Belt with kitchen fundamentals, work through Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Red, Black, Coral, and Red/White, and finish at Obsidian Belt with chef-tier showpieces. Each belt is a focused run of recipes that builds one specific skill set.
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