Spaghetti alla Carbonara

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dear ms. burrell.
my name is jennifer. i am the mother of twin 8yr olds. i saw this recipe on food network - the best thing i ever made. and...instead of ordering out chinese, i made this for dinner
it was great!
yes...i used bacon over pancetta...as i didnt have pancetta. and used a mix of parmesan romano...
one child helped me make it. her sister wasnt interested...even when i replayed the episode which i taped on dvd.
however...thisw was a HUGE hit, hubs liked it. i added a bit of onion and mushrooms for me, but left it out for the rest of the family.
the child who helped me make it even had some of a second bowl of it. and the one who scoffed..,.at first, turned around and said she loved it. and tha ti "should make it every night".
bravo to you!

and yes...dear readers....you MUST stir it constantly once you add the eggs. or you will get scramb,ed eggs. stir. stir. stir!!

ps...my child wanted this for her bday dinner when she turned 8!

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Amazingly simple and delicious! This was my first time making carbonara and was nervous I would end up with pasta in scrambled eggs, but the sauce was perfectly creamy. I used linguine rather than spaghetti because of personal preference.

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Absolutely delicious and easy to make. I did temper my egg mixture with some of the pasta water so I wouldn't scramble the eggs. And added fresh spinach to the pancetta before adding the pasta. My family loved it. This one is going in my recipe box! Thanks Anne!

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great fast and cheap what more do you need?

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This recipe was delicious! And very easy to make

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Made this other night and it was fabulous! My husband and daughter raved! I used all parm, and bacon (it's what I had but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Will make again and again. Looking forward to trying more of Anne's recipes!

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We saw this on TV and thought it looked like something we would enjoy. I have to say after reading so many reviews saying they had their eggs go "scrambled" I was a little nervous. Well fellow cooks, I made this tonight for the first time, followed directions to the T and I have to say that 5 stars are not enough. This is AMAZING!!! Thanks Anne for sharing this wonderful recipe with us. Will be making this over and over!!!

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This is a dish that I already did well on my own, but now it is near perfection! As an Italian, I know that milk should never go in this dish, but I was always so affaid to use the eggs. Now I can finally say I do it the proper way. I did only use 5 eggs. I had recalled seeing Ann Burrell, on "The Best Thing I Ever Made", saying she used that many simply because she liked it very saucy. Knowing that, I knew that reducing the amount of eggs, would not mess the recipe up... Voila! Perfect Carbonara. Thanks Ann, you rock!!!

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Absolutely delish! And so easy to make. Everyone loves this dish .. and I have made this SEVERAL times since seeing Anne make this on the "Best Thing" episode. You can halve and even quarter this dish - it makes a wonderful brunch meal! Once I had the technique down, I have really improvised a lot ..Making up this dish, I have used up "extra" pasta - even macaroni! I have even used regular bacon drippings (instead of pancetta!. But don't substitute any other cheese for the pecorino. And I do use 8 eggs, but only 6 whole eggs plus the yolks from the other two. It makes a difference, I think. I also think it helps to let the eggs come up to room temperature.

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So easy, so simple and most important so delicious. My picky five yr old said this was his favorite spagetti. He said It's even better than mac N cheese. I will make this over and over. When i added the egg & cheese mixture i turn off the flame, the heat of the pasta and pacetta cooked the egg & and last i just added a little pasta water and turned the flame to slowest for maybe less than a minute. Like other reviewers mention "mix mix", so you don't get scramble eggs.