$174 vs $10 Pasta Carbonara: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

The original Ingredient Swap duo returns as expert chef instructor Frank Proto and home cook extraordinaire Lorenzo are trading carbonara recipes and hitting the kitchen. We set Lorenzo up with $174 worth of ingredients and Frank's recipe while sending only a modest $10 worth of goods back the other way. How do Lorenzo's skill stack up against Frank's expert level recipe? What tricks can Frank break out to improvise his way up to gourmet with only ten bucks?

Learn more with Chef Frank on his YouTube Channel ProtoCooks!
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[ProtoCookswithChefFrank]

This was another fun one. Great to be back in the studio with Lorenzo.

[simopiki]

What Frank did is actually a thing. In Italy, specifically in Naples, we call it “Frittata di maccheroni“ and it’s essentially a frittata with pasta. Very nice italian touch to the dish Frank, love it!!

[paige_mccullers]

When Lorenzo lost that piece of cheese I was like: “Well, there go ten dollars” 💸😂

[cheeseonyomama]

Frank is the uncle I wish I had giving me tips in the kitchen.

Lorenzo is the uncle I wish I had at the family bbqs with a beer and an infectious laugh.

Happy to see these two together again!

[saafisadi]

Frank and Lorenzo, the dynamic duo are back. It’s so great to see them again. Especially Frank’s cooking skill and just how wholesome Lorenzo is. Just look at 16:34

[wehcd]

I love how Frank just requested a bottle of wine to drink with his carbonara...GENIUS

[ua]

Everytime I see or hear carbonara.
My brain: "IF MY GRANDMA HAD WHEELS...."

[TheSPT]

I always love seeing Lorenzo and Frank. Emily and Saul are also a great combo, too.

[yamomwasthebomb]

I literally gasped when we learned that Lorenzo was completely on his own.

[HexIsme]

I'm so glad Epicurious started letting the chefs get together and taste the dishes each other made. It's a lot more satisfying as a viewer, this way.

EDIT: Plus it's really nice to see the chefs actually interacting with each other. It gives you more of a picture of their personalities and how they feel about each other, not just food.

[MayDay]

I always love the edition, the transitions are on point! And definitely addicted to this videos, to see Chefs getting creative with little and normal people being able to do good with a lot!!

[DrewLevitt]

When I was first getting into Roman pastas - carbonara, gricia, amatriciana - I figured that guanciale would probably be a little better than pancetta or bacon. Maybe it would be worth the extra cost and the trouble of finding it, maybe not.

I was wrong. Guanciale is WAY better than bacon or even pancetta. Like, three or four times as good. If you can get your hands on it, do it. There's really no substitute for guanciale.

[Nio-Eli-Spyral-And-Jevil]

I've missed seeing Lorenzo and Frank working together.

[JavierGarcia-bdkw]

Frank is like the Bob Ross of cooking I feel so comforted when I'm listening to him

[digitalpretzel]

Lorenzo's joy in cooking is so infectious. I want that dude to have his own show.

[alexaltego]

they keep giving Lorenzo new toys to play with and I couldn’t be happier.

[yespur]

Frank literally blew the global pepper prices after his “generous” seasoning…

[jeff__w]

As engaging as Lorenzo is, there is no one quite like Frank Proto—he just exudes expertise, class, and warmheartedness.

[smolkidd]

frank: the cheese the bla bla bla
lorenzo: STIRRING RIGHT AWAY AS I BURN MY LEFT HAND :D

[imthatguydavid]

I really love this series. As a home cook myself, i'm always blown away by how creative the pro chefs are. It's always very humbling. It's truly amazing to see how a professional chef can just creative so completely different than expected with simple ingredients. It's so inspiring!