Carbonara | Basics with Babish
Carbonara has been the subject of some severe bastardization here in the states, where we regularly eschew Italian tradition in favor of garlic, bacon, and green peas for some reason. Today we’re doing both the old-school and illegitimate versions of the hotly-contested dish, both of which deserve their place in your grandmother’s handwritten recipe cards.
See those chefs tear me apart here: https://youtu.be/bnZ_70XyVAk?t=239
Music: “A Beautiful Life” by Broke for Free
+ Traditional Carbonara shopping list:
1/2 pound guanciale (can substitute with pancetta)
3 large eggs
1 egg yolk
4 ounces of cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano)
Ground black pepper
Spaghetti noodles
+ Modern Carbonara shopping list:
1/2 pound thick cut bacon
Parmesan or Romano cheese
3 large eggs
1 egg yolk
Ground black pepper
Garlic
1/3 cup starchy pasta water
Bucatini noodles
According to my 23andMe, I’m 10.7% Italian, so…pretty much an expert here.
Big khahuna burger from pulp fiction
Where did you find the guanciale?
Everyone is 10% italian. They get around.
Carbonara with bacon? Keep trying xD
Science!!! Lol
[cries in Italian] might be the best joke I’ve ever read.
So basically this is a “disstrack” but without hurting any feeling😂
As an Italian, I loved how you took time to go from the OG CARRRBONARA to the American take on it.
Great job as usual!
WTF, american? You mean french or european?
“Carbonara”
“Lachimolala?”
Tony montana :v
yES
THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING
I knew this word sounded familiar !,!!,! Omggggg
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS LMAO
If I’m going dried pasta, I’ll never stray from bucatini for a carbonara. I’m fully converted; it’s amazing.
or _cacio e pepe_
or _aglio e olio_
“Don’t throw it against the wall you freaking weirdo ” this part makes every Italian happy .
I think that’s what Italians used to do like in 1800, which they brought to America. Now every modern Italian sees it as a good way to ruin both the wall and the pasta
*Italians remembered that*
*happy italian noise*
123 456 agreed. Agreed
123 456 my mother fights me on this every time. She actually taught us to throw it at the wall. Thanks for restoring my sanity, Babish!
Babish couldn’t quite decide if he wanted to pronounce *all* the words in italian
Somebody make Italian captions for extra passive aggression.
Don’t
Someone do it please.
Also make chicken Katsu thanks Japanese thanks on YouTube very soon
Start a food critic series called: “Bitching with Babish”
@Cooking My Way what the fuck is that even supposed to mean? Fucking dumbass hipsters.
baby with Babish
Bashing with Babish
Blazing with Babish 👽🚬
Bitching at Babish? I don’t know.
C’mon Andrew – I love your channel, but I’m still incomplete without the Triple Goober Berry Sunrise.
I can die in peace when it happens.
@xXLavendersXx nah, you’re right
xXLavendersXx
The movie more specifically
Waaaaaaitooooooor
Ronomic oh fuck yeah!
You are just FULL of good ideas!
2:45. “Just a little bit of salt”
*becomes salt bae*
it’s kosher salt, which has really large grains. so that really is just a medium amount more or less
Yes B. I’m starving.
He is not original, that what all chef do
i feel like u said “carbonara” with such fervor to really drive ur point home here
Me: watching babish make carbonara
My brain ever time he says carbonara: *_CrEaMyy wiThOuT aDdInG cReAm_*
And also Antonio Carluccio’s stern, but cheeky stare; very much missed!
“.. a more modern, less traditional version that’s sure to piss ’em off”
Haha gottem
It did piss me off
I just added lemon and parsley to mine and called it authentic.
you should totally try food from samurai champloo, for example the dumplings or the ribs
“Pull it out *using your hand* like a real gentleman.”
~Andrew Rae 2019
“Tossed pasta and scrambled eggs”…the Frasier theme was really (almost) about a failed carbonara. 😉
Please do sojiro’s curry and coffee from persona 5. I need to see whether curry and coffee go well with each other
I second this
I third this
I fourth this.