Fettuccine Carbonara

GrateEggspectations

Wifey had some time today (despite juggling our two kids!) so made some fresh fettuccine for dinner. Then made a carbonara sauce. Only thing missing was the fresh parsley, as we didn’t have any. 

(Pics out of order. Thanks Vanilla!)

Wolfpack

One of the best ways to eat pasta and homemade noodles takes it away- not a bad way to come home from work. 

lkapigian

A favorite! Looks great

johnmitchell

That looks fantastic 

JohnInCarolina

YAAAAASSSS!!!

1voyager

That is absolutely face-plant worthy!!!

Florida Grillin Girl

That looks fabulous. Way to go on the fresh fettucine.

caliking

I can almost taste it... LOVE carbonara. And homemade pasta. Both together is a very fine meal. 

GrateEggspectations

caliking said:

I can almost taste it... LOVE carbonara. And homemade pasta. Both together is a very fine meal. 

Actually thought of you while mincing the six cloves of garlic, when only three were called for. 🙂

StillH2OEgger

Bravo!

gmanrva

YESSS SIIRRRRR

loco_engr

nice looking cook!
will have to add to "the list"

GrateEggspectations

loco_engr said:

nice looking cook!
will have to add to "the list"

Thanks. Surprisingly easy to make. If using store bought pasta rather than homemade, it’s a breeze. 

GrateEggspectations

loco_engr said:

nice looking cook!
will have to add to "the list"

Btw, showed my wife this thread so she could see just how much her cooking was appreciated and she had a great LOL at the Henry Youngman quote in your sig line. 

SciAggie

Carbonara with homemade pasta is next level stuff. I’d be all over a plate of that. 

dbCooper

Looks great.  Thanks for sharing.

JohnnyTarheel

yes sir !!!!

lousubcap

That looks great.  Way to bring it home.  

stv8r

Lucky man!   That looks so amazing!

alaskanassasin

Dammit Boy!

DonWW

Very nice indeed.

YukonRon

My Beautiful wife and I traveled Italy, from Rome to Venice, and when we dined, this meal was the most frequent choice, almost exclusive for us both, for two weeks. We have made this 100 times since coming back home, and can’t get enough.

We (when I say we I mean My Beautiful Wife) recently foraged for some Morelsand added them to the mix as well. 

The one thing I will add is the importance of adding the water from the boiling of the noodles back in to the solution. 

Your meal looks heavenly, and thank you so much for sharing. Beautiful presentation as always.

GrateEggspectations

YukonRon said:

My Beautiful wife and I traveled Italy, from Rome to Venice, and when we dined, this meal was the most frequent choice, almost exclusive for us both, for two weeks. We have made this 100 times since coming back home, and can’t get enough.

We (when I say we I mean My Beautiful Wife) recently foraged for some Morelsand added them to the mix as well. 

The one thing I will add is the importance of adding the water from the boiling of the noodles back in to the solution. 

Your meal looks heavenly, and thank you so much for sharing. Beautiful presentation as always.

Thanks for the comments, Ron. And nice to see you posting. Haven’t seen you around as much as of late. 

Funnily enough, I don’t recall having dined on Carbonara in Rome. But who knows.... that was years ago and pizza and pasta were of course a staple. A nice primi before launching into the secondi. We will go back. 

Bet Morels would pair beautifully. And don’t forget a good wine, of course. 

It’s funny that you mention the essential addition of the starchy pasta water. I cooked the pasta and almost forgot this step. Good thing wifey was on the ball and swooped in to bring it home. 

YukonRon

GrateEggspectations said:

YukonRon said:

My Beautiful wife and I traveled Italy, from Rome to Venice, and when we dined, this meal was the most frequent choice, almost exclusive for us both, for two weeks. We have made this 100 times since coming back home, and can’t get enough.

We (when I say we I mean My Beautiful Wife) recently foraged for some Morelsand added them to the mix as well. 

The one thing I will add is the importance of adding the water from the boiling of the noodles back in to the solution. 

Your meal looks heavenly, and thank you so much for sharing. Beautiful presentation as always.

Thanks for the comments, Ron. And nice to see you posting. Haven’t seen you around as much as of late. 

Funnily enough, I don’t recall having dined on Carbonara in Rome. But who knows.... that was years ago and pizza and pasta were of course a staple. A nice primi before launching into the secondi. We will go back. 

Bet Morels would pair beautifully. And don’t forget a good wine, of course. 

It’s funny that you mention the essential addition of the starchy pasta water. I cooked the pasta and almost forgot this step. Good thing wifey was on the ball and swooped in to bring it home. 

Thank you for the kind words. I have been dealing with some health issues, primarily, a series of back surgeries that started about a year ago, perhaps a bit longer, and I just had my last 2 weeks ago. I was told with therapy, I could possibly get back to about 80%, and if so I will take it.

I hope to be posting regularly again, but first, I need to get the XL gaskets changed out, it has been 5-6 years or so, I think, and they have just give out.

I will be posting a Birthday cook coming up for My Beautiful Wife next week hope to be providing something that does not suck.

Stay safe and stay well.

Photo Egg

No matter what order the pictures are in...Beautiful!