Add..garlic, peas and mushrooms to Carbonara? I Just saw an Italian girl react to Gordon Ramsey making it with those ingredients, she almost had a stroke lol.
I think those ingredients would make a delightful variation on the traditional dish. But I can also understand the Italian girl's reaction. Throughout Europe it is very common to find people who are sticklers for keeping the traditions pure.
@Dancingxghost Delish! :D I never thought of asking. I had assumed that the logistics of buying the ingredients would require advance notice. But maybe they wouldn't mind that. Thanks! :) The experience of eating out is a pleasure, nice environment, no effort, and pleasant conversation with husband or a friend.
@hartfire don't worry about it..but the thing is..you could actually extrapolate from What they have in the menu..if they have like for example parmessan eggplant you could ask for a dish with eggplant..that way they won't need to be notice in advance. One of my favorite dishes is a chinese dish and its extremely simple..just put some oil (not olive just plain vegetable oil) in a pan until its heated add some garlic ( paste or diced) until its slightlt brown and add pieced of iceberg lettuce and stir fry it slightly (until the lettuce is crystalized or see through) then sprinkle it with some salt and there you go..extremely tasty and really easy. You can do it with almost any leafy greens. With Bok choi works great too.
@Dancingxghost Yes, I like cooked lettuce and bok choi too. Quite often do it at home. The best are broccoli, green asparagus, young green stringless beans, English spinach.
Russian kale works well in an Italian pesto, or in a Saag Paneer using garam marsala and coconut cream.
@SW-User thats what the girl said! She went on a rant on how she lived in Rome for 8 years and the dish came from there and that recipe is trash..and she was so mad lol
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@Dancingxghost I prefer it with cream and garlic rather than egg lol
Is she on YouTube with her husband? I watched it last week, I think. She had a fit over it. Haha. It’s not how Italians make Carbonara though so she is right. I’m not sure what he was thinking, but he is literally my least favourite chef
I thought garlic was part of the recipe anyway. Mushrooms would add a nice extra taste. Peas? Nah! Can't remember the last Italian dish I had that had peas in it!
@kdma1l well the roman version has no garlic the sauce is just egg yolks and parmessan cheese and pancetta..made from the meat of the lower jaw of the pig according to my source 😆