I enjoyed this overall, but wanted to get some input to make sure I didn’t screw anything up, as my wife didn’t love it, perhaps it was just a bit too rich for some tastes with the 8 yolks, and I used a nice looking pasta that was 13 oz instead of a pound. I did not have guanciale on hand and used packaged Boar’s Head pancetta.
When transferring to the sauce bowl after resting a bit, the noodles had plenty of heat, so I believe the eggs weren’t undercooked as I stirred for quite a while and the sauce did seem silkly and bound to the noodles. While eating though, I was getting kind of searching for a raw eggs taste and maybe psyching myself out.
My wife also said she was getting a bitter taste which I didn’t really pick up on, but I was thinking maybe this could be the pepper or the pancetta product, or possibly the pecorino. Perhaps it was just very eggy. The imported spaghetti did seem like a hearty, rustic variety.
Overall the double boiler method was cool and fun to try, and I did think it tasted good overall. Thanks in advance for any input.
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I enjoyed this overall, but wanted to get some input to make sure I didn’t screw anything up, as my wife didn’t love it, perhaps it was just a bit too rich for some tastes with the 8 yolks, and I used a nice looking pasta that was 13 oz instead of a pound. I did not have guanciale on hand and used packaged Boar’s Head pancetta.
When transferring to the sauce bowl after resting a bit, the noodles had plenty of heat, so I believe the eggs weren’t undercooked as I stirred for quite a while and the sauce did seem silkly and bound to the noodles. While eating though, I was getting kind of searching for a raw eggs taste and maybe psyching myself out.
My wife also said she was getting a bitter taste which I didn’t really pick up on, but I was thinking maybe this could be the pepper or the pancetta product, or possibly the pecorino. Perhaps it was just very eggy. The imported spaghetti did seem like a hearty, rustic variety.
Overall the double boiler method was cool and fun to try, and I did think it tasted good overall. Thanks in advance for any input.