1st time Carbonara

The carbonara posts have absolutely *littered* my feed all week, so I decided to give it a go. I’ve never made it, only eaten it once sometime long, long ago in the fogs of memory, but I’m always willing to learn in the kitchen 🙂

I had to use GF pasta bcuz I decided to cook it for my folks & my momma (despite her dearest wishes) cannot have regular spaghetti anymore. This made me nervous bcuz 1, sauce doesn’t always like to stick to it well, & 2, some GF pastas can go “gluey” real quick & I didn’t know if it’d turn into an eggy Blob of Horror in pan, LOL.

But it was delicious & texture held up well for GF spaghetti. Next time, I’d crisp the meat more & I’d be stricter about temp control so the egg cooks up creamier. And I want to try it out with “regular” pasta for sure. But all in all, my folks were happy to have dinner made for them, & since everybody cleaned their plate I assume they weren’t curbing opinion to spare my feelings—esp my pops. He’s the cook in the fam & if he doesn’t like something….it ain’t gettin’ ate, haha.

Thanks to everyone who has been posting this dish all week for pushing me over the ledge to learn something new! It was really cool to read about everyone’s opinions, tips/tricks & experiences. And your pics all made me hungry 🙂