Authentic carbonara doesn't use cream, dammit!!

[Bonobo]

If you are going to call your recipe "authentic", don't you dare fucking put cream in it.

Just reserve the water used to cook the pasta. Add it to the pan with half the cheese and the fried bacon. THAT is what gives it its "creaminess"!

[kiva]

1. I need proof!

Just send me a serving and I'll decide. Ummm, carbonara...I'm going to an excellent Italian place for lunch, carbonara it is.

[Bake]

2. Carbonara sounds like a chemical to me.

Just sayin'.

:hi:

Bake

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. Infidel. Carbonara is Alfredo with BACON (& egg). BACON, UNBELIEVER... BACON!!!! n/t

[hifiguy]

3. Of course it doesn't

Cream belongs in alfredo sauce. Carbonara is an egg or two, bacon and a little liquid if necessary. And gobs of Parmigiano Reggiano.