lovely carbonara!

my first attempt at carbonara (on the fateful day of 26 Aug 10) - the sauce was a little tasteless (didn't seasoned properly) and i used hickory bacon with honey & maple syrup. the sauce was not creamy enough, and insufficient too. and the bacon had lots and lots of fatty bits and couldn't really taste much of it either.

i decided to try it again the next day (not that i did not want to give up but because i wanted to use up the double cream i bought and also because it's my last day of "freedom" at home). this time i decided to be more adventurous and went with the feel of it (instead of referring to the recipe like a bible). and indeed, it turned out much better! so these are what went into the carbonara:

smoked turkey ham - i managed to sneak taste a few pieces and they taste yummy~! the taste is also preserved (and probably enhanced) after frying it. but it cost 13 bucks for 6 pieces of this ham - expensive!

the creamy carbonara sauce - you really don't wanna know what exactly went into this...

but for those interested, these are what i used for the sauce - parmesan cheese, double cream and egg yolks (many many egg yolks =.="). the olive oil is used for frying the smoked turkey ham.

the end product! much much better than my first attempt! though i think i could have been more generous with the sauce by adding more water. to prevent the jialiat-ness, we added baco-bits to counter the creaminess. it's really easy to cook and i love it! :) but gonna have to try and find healthier alternatives to the ingredients i used o.O

p.s. the recipe i used as a guideline can be found here by jamie oliver.

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