Italian Carbonara with Bacon

Easier ingredients than other recipes. Used great quality bacon, not much fat. Very smokey flavor. Great pasta. I added a little of the pasta water at the end to make it a little more creamy. Best when fresh but OK as a leftover.

I loved this recipe. It was fast, easy, and had a bunch of flavor. I've made spaghetti carbonara recipes before, but this is by far my favorite. I'll be making this again.

I had lost my Carbonara recipe so I was looking for a new one.... well, I found it! My family LOVED this pasta dish. I will be making it again. I did not have any vermouth so I used chicken broth instead. Because my original recipe had peas in it I added about a cup and a half of frozen peas into the boiling pasta water when there was about 2 minutes left on the boiling time. This is a recipe I highly recommend .

Great dinner, very easy and I enjoyed it very much. I didn’t have dry vermouth but used a very dry white wine (which is a substitute) and it worked out well. I think the comments around seasoning in other review are valid, but this recipe is so easy to make your own since it is all put together at the end. Use a good cheese, and use it a lot!

Really delicious! And pretty simple too. It helped to have the cream, eggs, pepper and cheese all mixed together first. Then, as soon as the pasta is done, you can stir everything together in a flash. I did add about a cup of defrosted frozen peas -- I can't help myself adding veggies whenever possible -- but they were a very nice addition. Sauteed mushrooms would also be terrific in this dish. Definitely a keeper!

I found this to be on the bland side. After cooking it and tasting it, I added salt, garlic powder (recipe does not call for enough garlic cloves) and more Parmesan cheese. Quite an improvement but not enough for me to make it again.

It was delicious!!

Mine came out much thinner than the carbonara's that I've enjoyed in restaurants. I used shredded parm but think a finely grated parm would be better. I added crunchy green peas which was the only think that made this good

This was delicious! We enjoyed it immensely, used regular bacon because already had it in the fridge. We chose thin spaghetti and added a touch more Parmesan. We saved a bit for our son to try and he gave it a thumbs up as well. I wouldn't make this every day or week but for a special dinner or company, it is a winner.

This dish is very good. Excellent recipe. Everybody cleaned their plates , made me very happy!!

It was delicious and not very difficult. My husband and I both loved it. I made it exactly like the directions except I had a little less bacon; I wish we had more so will do full 12 slices next time. This will be a great big meal to make for more!

Very helpful

Incredibly easy to make and super yummy--though I accidentally forgot to add the eggs! I didn't have vermouth, so I used chicken broth as someone recommended and I added a good sprinkle of dried parsley on top before stirring. Everyone loved it (4 adults & 5 teens). Oh! and one of our guests is a bacon-aholic, so I used 2 - 12 oz pkgs of bacon. It was the perfect saltiness.

It's great but way too much pepper unless I screwed up

I wanted a creamy pasta, but lemony, so I substituted lemon juice for the vermouth and added the zest in with the mix. I also added peas. It was exactly what I was after. Thank you for the recipe. It will be used again.

Delicious recipe. I followed it exactly and we all liked it. Amazingly, it needed salt in all our opinions. The bacon wasn't quite enough. Next time I may cut back on the pasta, just so the bacon flavor comes through more.

This turned out delicious! I used a pound of regular cut smoked bacon, Angel hair pasta, cooking sherry instead of vermouth and added about 1/4 cup pasta water to make it a little creamier. Sometimes I work with what I have on hand, which is why I made these changes. I don’t know what it would have tasted like as the recipe stated but it was amazing with my tweaks!

Delicious. Came out great.

I realized after making this that maybe carbonara isn’t my thing as I’m not a fan of a lot of egg ones but my husband RAVED about it, ate all of the leftovers (he mixed some sautéed onions and chicken in when he rebated it), and has made me promise to make it again and again.

I have always been hesitant about making a carbonara but this turned out fantastic! I made a vegetarian version but I can only imagine with the bacon it would taste even better. Great for a quick weeknight meal.

Made it several times!

This recipe was so good!! I used a whole package of bacon because why not. This was my first time making carbonara and it wont be the last. Delicious recipe thank you for sharing :)

Very good

Very good! Like in a good restaurant!

Amazing! Made it several times and always a hit. Added some shredded cheese at the end and dried parsley flakes. Also made it with ziti (didn’t have traditional spaghetti noodles).

Excellent, excellent recipe! I used cooking sherry in place of vermouth and whole wheat spaghetti. Delicioso!

This was a very delicious recipe! I'm totally going to make it again! :)

My only regret is, I could, not eat this Fast Enough. Is there a way to reheat the leftovers, in a way to bring them back to their original glory?

My son loves carbonara so I thought I would surprise him with this for lunch today. Some ingredients were not available to me so I made some substitutions. I used elbow pasta, no vermouth, no cream, and no pepper. I only had the precooked bacon so the onions were sauteed in butter. It still came together into a great dish! I halved the recipe since it was for lunch and my 17 yo ate it all!