Real carbonara recipe

Step 1

Prepare all the ingredients and put the water on high heat. Salt it when it's warm.

Step 2

Start cooking the guanciale in a pan. First, at low heat, to let the fat melt, then at medium heat, to make it crispy (but not fried).

Step 3

Separate the yolks and whip them with a fork.

Step 4

Add the grated pecorino cheese and keep on whipping until you obtain a nice cream.

Step 5

In the meanwhile, guanciale should be ready.

Step 6

Remove some cooking water from the pot where the pasta is almost done.

Step 7

A minute before the pasta is done, remove it from the water and pour it in the pan over the cooked guanciale. Mix it in the melted fat.

Step 8

Add the egg and pecorino cheese cream.

Step 9

Add some spoons of the cooking water and mix the pasta.

Step 10

Serve it, add some more pecorino cheese and (according to taste) some black pepper. Buon appetito!