39: Spaghetti carbonara (Pasta collection)

When it comes to pasta, I have always preferred the tomato sauce to the cream sauce. Every time I have seen pasta alla carbonara the pasta always looks a bit like it is swimming in the sauce. I always find all that cream and cheese just too overwhelming. This would be the first time that I've probably eaten pasta with carbonara sauce and enjoyed it. Although I'm pretty sure I used the wrong type of ham. I should have used bacon instead. I am very happy with how this recipe turned out. Although I will probably still favour tomato sauce to the cheese sauce, it is good to know that carbonara does not need to tasted like cream soup and the cheese does not need to overwhelm you. I probably rated this higher than I would usually just because I was so surprised it did not taste awful. And carbonara sauce is surprisngly easy to make: cream, eggs and cheese. I would have never guessed that there was any egg in there.

I can't wait to go to Rome some day and try real Italian pasta. I don't know what it's really supposed to taste like. I have no idea if the Italian restuarants in Australia do pasta any justice. And the pizza! It will probably be very different and then all my fantasies of Italian cusine will go up in smoke.