Typically, each type of Italian pasta is paired with a specific sauce, depending on the nature of both the pasta and the sauce. These two ingredients enhance the flavor of each other, every corner of the pasta is soaked in the sauce, creating a unique blend.
Pasta in Italian means “dough”. According to Italians, this is the noun used to name pasta dishes, noodles made from Semolina flour. This is the hardest type of wheat flour and has an attractive amber color.
Usually, pasta is attractive in its golden color, but the dish also has a variety of “skin tones” depending on the combination of ingredients to create color while kneading the dough. Red comes from the sauce of ripe tomatoes, spinach juice will create a lush green color, and mysterious black is due to the “dyeing” of squid ink,…
As for carbonara sauce, this sauce is ranked as one of the three most popular and favorite pasta sauces in the world, giving diners the rich and fragrant experience of a mixture of fresh cheese and egg yolks. There are two types of cheese most commonly used in standard Italian carbonara: Pecorino Romano and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Pecorino Romano cheese has a black rind.
Parmigiano – Reggiano cheese.
These two cheeses are usually quite hard and salty, so chefs rarely add any seasoning to the sauce other than a little ground black pepper. In addition to the classic bacon recipe, this smooth, creamy sauce is also great when combined with other ingredients such as beef, chicken, mushrooms, seafood (shrimp, salmon…).
Seafood version of Pasta Carbonara cooked with salmon, fresh prawns, squid and dill leaves.
One thing that people often misunderstand about the ingredients of carbonara sauce is the presence of whipping cream, which seems to be irreplaceable. However, in the original recipe of this wonderful pasta dish, there is no participation of cream. The fatty flavor is completely created by eggs and fresh cheese; later, to increase the smoothness, a little fat and milky aroma, people added whipping cream.
Pasta Carbonara served with fresh egg yolks
To this day, that creation seems to have won quite a few hearts of diners. That is why in current carbonara recipes, fresh cream has been added as an important ingredient alongside eggs and cheese to create a harmonious trio that brings unforgettable rich flavor to this simple yet extremely attractive dish.
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