Deliciously decadent! And I don’t need to be reminded I ate another deliciously decadent Amalfi coast spaghetti recipe, buttery Spaghetti with Fried Calamari, last week. But never mind; I crave classic Italian comfort foods when the weather is cruddy.
Guiliano Bugialli, cookbook author and veritable master of Italian cuisine, specifically instructs not to use bacon when preparing this recipe. “Pancetta,” he writes in his carbonara recipe headnote, “of course, is not bacon, because it is not smoked; do not substitute bacon.”
This man is a culinary rock star, albeit an aged rock star — Guiliano Bugialli, to me, is the Mick Jagger of classic Italian cuisine. I’m a groupie and blindly follow his advice, so always use pancetta in carbonaras. But I’ll be the first to admit: a good smoked bacon is simply divine substituted for the pancetta in the following recipe.
Recipe adapted from Guiliano Bugialli’s “Spaghetti alla Carbonara” (The Fine Art of Italian Cooking, 1977)
Women that grew up in countries outside of the United States, immigrated to America as young adults, raised families and have grandkids, capture my imagination. They’ve escaped war, poverty and oppression, many bringing only the shirts on their back and the recipes from their homelands. And their stories? Makes my life look like a pony ride at a … Full recipe post »
Disclaimer: This is not a recipe you can whip up in 30 minutes. This is a Polish Grandmother Recipe. And anyone who is a Polish Grandmother, or anyone who has a Polish Grandmother, or anyone (like me) who lives next door to a Polish Grandmother, knows that Polish Grandmother Recipes can’t be completed in less than thirty minutes. But … Full recipe post »
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