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## Ingredients (2 people)

* 160g pasta, preferably spaghetti
* guanciale (quantity according to taste)
* Guanciale (quantity according to taste)
* 2 eggs
* grated pecorino romano (quantity according to taste)
* salt, ground black pepper
* Grated pecorino romano (quantity according to taste)
* Salt, ground black pepper

## How to do it

Bring 2 liters of water to boil, then add 20g of salt. Cook the pasta for around 2 minutes less than the time you read on the box.

In the meantime put a pan on moderate heat and start cooking the guanciale: it will fry in its own fat, so don't add any oil or butter. Get it as crispy as you like, then turn the heat off.
In the meantime put a pan on moderate heat and start cooking the guanciale: it will fry in its own fat, so don't add any oil or butter. Cook the guanciale as crispy as you like, then turn the heat off.

In a bowl big enough to serve the pasta, whisk the 2 eggs with pecorino, salt and pepper. The texture should be creamy but not very thick.
In a bowl big enough to serve the pasta, whisk the 2 eggs with pecorino, salt and pepper. The texture should be creamy, but not very thick.

Once the pasta is cooked, turn the heat back on the guanciale, drain the pasta and toss it with the guanciale for about 1 minute.
Then pour the pasta, the guanciale and its fat in the bowl where you whisked the eggs, and stir thoroughly: the heat coming from the pasta and the guanciale will cook the eggs just enough to make it creamy.
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## Tips and tricks

Pour pasta and guanciale in the bowl with the eggs, and not the other way around. The pan is too hot and would cook the eggs too much, resulting in a wrong texture, more similar to a frittata.
Pour pasta and guanciale in the bowl with the eggs, and not the other way around. The pan is too hot and will cook the eggs, resulting in a wrong texture, more similar to a frittata.

Guanciale is not easy to find. You could replace it with pancetta cubes.
If you can't find Guanciale, you could replace it with pancetta cubes.

If you like yolks better than whites, you can use 1 whole egg plus 1 yolk per person, instead of 1 whole egg per person.
If you like yolks better than the whites, you can use 1 whole egg plus 1 yolk per person, instead of 1 whole egg per person.

Do NOT use cream. If you use cream in pasta alla carbonara you will die.

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