This might offend some Italians. I’m making spaghetti carbonara. Carbonara. Let’s see if I make it out alive. We will see. Going to toast these for about 30 seconds. Okay, he’s toasting and grinding the better. Then we’re going to crack two eggs into a bowl. You should use the egg yolks. Followed by two egg yolks. Ah, okay. Now he’s doing it. Then we’re going to show some pecarino. A great time. Pegarino. A lot. A lot. Mixy mixy. We’re not using any cream for this. Exactly. No cream and carbonara. Now we’re going to put our pasta on to boil. Look how we didn’t break the spaghetti. This guy is promising. Now, don’t be angry because I couldn’t find any guanchal. He didn’t find guanchal and he’s using panchita. We’ll let it pass. When the pasta’s al dente, we can go straight into the pan. Then pour in the eggs. So far, all the passages are correct. Top it with some more black pepper. Remember not to overcook the egg. And the crispy panetta should be nice and creamy, my friend. You did a great job. Approved. Lovely.

49 Comments

  1. Would love to have authentic carbonara instead of my lazy Americanized version but I can’t afford anything else

  2. there is in fact an italian michilin chef from the 1950s (or so) who approved a Carbonara recipe WITH cream.

  3. So what in the world is the carbonara sauce they sell in the market? And i think the boat that was bringing pecorino sank somewhere in the ocean because i have never seen it here in SEA.

  4. Not approved = heavily offending Italians
    Half approved = can be better but not bad
    Approved = your life is perfect

  5. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS bro did it

  6. why in the whole internet the only country that "seems" to get offended when someone makes their food wrong are italians? i dont mean to be racist in any way, this is a legit question

  7. He may have been faking them out a few times, especially at the start you might wonder if he was gonna break the dry pasta!

  8. Newsflash: Carbonara isn’t some timeless Italian treasure—it’s postwar mash-up food. American GIs brought eggs and bacon; Italians just threw it on pasta. That’s it. No ancient tradition, no culinary purity—just a desperate remix of army rations. Nonna didn’t inherit this recipe, she probably copied it off a hungry US sergeant.