Perfect Spaghetti Carbonara At Home

Pecorino Romano cheese

🥗Healthier: Parmesan cheese

💰Cheaper: Grana Padano

Parmesan is lower in fat and Grana Padano is often less expensive.

guanciale

🥗Healthier: bacon

💰Cheaper: pancetta

Bacon is more widely available and pancetta is a budget-friendly alternative.

Place 2 cups of flour onto a cutting board and create a well in the center.

Crack in 2 whole eggs and separate 4 additional egg yolks into the well.

Whisk the eggs inside the well without breaking the edges.

Gradually incorporate the flour into the egg mixture until it thickens.

Use hands and a bench scraper to combine the mixture into a dough.

Knead the dough for about 10 minutes until it becomes silky smooth.

Cover the dough with plastic wrap or a damp towel and let it rest for 1 to 3 hours.

After resting, cut the dough into four pieces and keep unused portions covered to prevent drying out.

Roll out the first piece of dough through a pasta machine on the widest setting, folding it to remove air bubbles.

Continue rolling the pasta until it reaches thickness number six on the machine.

Dust the pasta with semolina to prevent sticking.

Cut the pasta into strands using a kittara (guitar tool) and dust with more semolina.

Prepare crispy breadcrumbs (pang grittado) by heating olive oil in a pan and adding breadcrumbs until golden brown.

Grate Pecorino Romano cheese while the breadcrumbs cook, ensuring to stir to prevent burning.

Once breadcrumbs are golden, remove from heat and mix in grated Pecorino cheese.

Transfer the pang grittado to a paper towel-lined baking sheet to absorb excess oil.

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