Italy's Pasta Perfection: Spaghetti alla Carbonara 🍝🇮🇹

Discover the essence of Rome, where history and cuisine intertwine. Join us in the quest for the legendary Spaghetti alla Carbonara, hailed as the pinnacle of Italian pasta. To the heart of Rome and a seat at Ristorante Maccheroni, we explore the origins and flavors that make this dish extraordinary. This is more than a culinary journey; it's a transformative experience in the heart of Italy. Is Spaghetti alla Carbonara Italy's best pasta?

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[gabrielstravels]

I am half Italian myself (from Naples) and I can easily say Carbonara is my favourite pasta of all time. Though I do love a good amatriciana as well, and pesto also goes very well on pasta too!

[peggyl]

Now I am so hungry! Go to Rome in March. Can’t wait! Grazie signore ❤

[Nooner]

We ate at Nannarella's in Trastevere Rome this past October. I was really looking forward to the Cacio e Pepe as I have never eaten it before and my wife ordered the Carbonara. I tried my pasta first and then she let me try her carbonara. Now, I have always favoured a red sauce or even a spicy arrabbiata sauce but this carbonara was a game changer. The tonnarelli with that rich creamy sauce and smoky guanciale was absolutely outstanding. It's been 4 weeks since I ate there and I can't stop thinking about it.

[georginagiethoorn]

My favorite pasta dish is definitely the one with the ragu al cinghiale, popular in Tuscany. It's a slow cooked wild boar ragu. It's simply the best

[nejcpilih]

i like the waiter correctd you with the sheep, goat's cheese, otherwise I was already planning to mention it 😛
as I+m in the south, I'd say pasta con ragu for us here 😅 but I do need to learn to cook other pasta as well

[Crz_YT]

One of the main base aka "piece of cake" pasta dish is pasta aglio e olio (pasta with garlic and oil).

So easy, but so DAMN good!

[swei]

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[herrrorschach]

there are multiple legends about pasta alla carbonara birth, but basically the first official recognition was in 1945; a Bolognese chef had to cook after an Allies meeting near Rimini, but had very few ingredients underhand; so, while cooking pasta he took out some bacon and egg powder from US MREs, added some parmigiano/pecorino cheese and... The rest is history 😋 btw the base recipe belongs to carbonari, "char makers": eggs, pecorino cheese, guanciale, pasta or (more likely) bread crumbs all mixed up and cooked into a pan, just like a deep omelette to be portioned. 2 pieces of that in your sack, a bottle of wine and you're OK for the whole day 😉

[Jupe]

To me all pasta taste the same. This is why I am confuse why there is a need for different names for different shapes, ie spaghetti, penne, bowtie. Am I wrong? Are each pasta really that different that only certain types of pasta can be used for different types of dish?