I was in the mood to work on a pasta carbonara recipe, even though I’ve both reported and developed other (excellent!) versions in the past. As soon as I started thinking about it, though, I ran into an intellectual no-win situation. Technically, carbonara should be made with guanciale or pancetta. It’s one of the five classic pastas of Rome; there are very few ingredients and none of them are negotiable. However, I provide Spin Its for all of my recipes and while I could tell you to sub bacon for the guanicale with, I couldn’t in good faith let you call that Carbonara. Unwilling to compromise, I decided instead to let the bacon lead the way to a new frontier, rather than treating it as a renegade ingredient that threatens everyone’s reputation. What resulted—after several trials—is a creamy, crunchy, smoky, bacon-forward, Carbonara-inspired pasta that I am proud to put my name on. It’s not Carbonara. It’s Carlabonara.

For the full recipe, head to Food Processing on Substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlala...

1:04 High Level Slice and Dice
3:53 Love Me Render
7:36 Scrambulation Defense
12:25 The Sauce Has Arrived
14:37 Carla Pasta

Follow me on Instagram
  / lallimusic  

...and Tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/clallimusic/

More about me, including info on my books, is here:
https://www.carlalallimusic.com

Producer: Zoie Omega
  / x_omegadeth_x  

Director of Photography: Tim Racca
https://vimeo.com/348179757

Food Stylist: Cybelle Tondu
https://www.instagram.com/cyborrrrg/?...

Editor and Comic Genius: Meg Felling
  / poorpotatoface  

Theme music "Magic Hours" by Amy Crawford
http://www.amycrawfordmusic.com

Arcadia - Wonders by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

#carlalallimusic #carbonara #pasta