



Carbonara and the importance of good bacon
Jan. 29, 2011, 12:36 a.m. | by Bacon Italian Love pasta
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And nothing gets my pet-peeve silly brain going into overdrive better than Carbonara. Just to thicken the plot I am always after a great spaghetti Carbonara. If the ingredients are not stated in the menu, rest assured that I will ask for them and if the waiter says cream I will grimace. It is somewhat of a new dish. It doesn’t appear before the WWII and sounds like the bacon and powdered egg of the US army ration were the original ingredients. To make it simple: Spaghetti alla Carbonara is Spaghetti (pronounced in my head with Nadia G’s accent), eggs, black pepper, cheese (percorino) and bacon Let’s talk about bacon: First of all, like love, not all bacons are created equal. Industrial bacon sucks. They are made overnight by pumping liquid smoke and brine, and worse of all MSG. I hate the stuff. Natural food has it and I’m very happy with that what bugs me is the 99.99% percent pure MSG that companies and “people2“ add to “food3“ . My home made bacon uses a dryrub and is smoked for at least 4 hours. Unfortunately my hacked smoker is dead and I can no longer make home made bacon. Since I cannot make bacon from scratch4, or be happy buying industrial stuff, how to live a happily bacon life? Artisan bacon, my friend. Artisan bacon. I’m getting mine from a German colony in the south of Brazil. There’s also a company called Cancian that makes good bacon, the traditional way. 1As said by a vegetarian friend of mine 2 I use the term loosely 3Same deal 4“In order to make an apple pie from scratch you have first to create an universe” — Missed Carl Sagan Carbonara is easy peasy. Make the pasta and fry the bacon. In a small bowl beat one or two eggs, reserve. When the pasta is ready add it to the pan (turn off the heat a minute before to let it cool a little) with the bacon and toss (remove excess fat if desired first) add the eggs and toss and serve. Cover with a generous portion of a good Parmesan cheese (or percorino) ground some black pepper on top and SERVE RIGHT NOW! YES! I did forget to add the black pepper before shooting the pics, and when I added it I could not shoot because I was eating!
Good news everybody: I am picky
Bacon is love1
Serve it NOW!
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