Carbonara is a pasta dish made with fatty cured pork, hard cheese, eggs, salt, and black pepper. It is typical of the Lazio region of Italy. The dish took its modern form and name in the middle of the 20th century.
Cuisine Type
cuisine of the United States
Italian cuisine
Components
table salt
egg as food
pecorino
peppercorn
guanciale
spaghetti
Dietary Information
✓ Must-try when visiting Italy
Traditional Italy cuisine
