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Spaghetti Carbonara

This in my opinion is the most authentic carbonara recipe using egg yolks and pecorino cheese not cream or milk. It’s simple to make and you only need either pancetta, speck or guanciale. In this recipe, I am using speck. You can get them from most Italian food stores. Guanciale is pork jowl, the cheek that has been short-cured with salt, sugar and a mixture of spices. It is often…

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Simple Spaghetti with Smoked Salmon and Caviar

Facciamo due spaghetti? Spaghetti is one of the staple of our diet. It is very versatile, and can go with almost anything, even in the most simple form; cacio e pepe. Well, this is an upgrade of a simple spaghetti. It takes about 15 minutes but it does bring out the lux in ‘du spaghi’. Ingredients (serves 4) 300g smoked salmon 25g lumpfish caviar (of course you can use Beluga…

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Spaghetti Marmite

You either love it or you hate it. We all love Marmite in the family, thankfully. So, it is only natural that we mix spaghetti with Marmite. Trust me, it has that umami taste and it is heavenly! Ingredients (serves 4) 500g spaghetti 3 tbsp marmite 100g smoked pancetta (cubes) 1 clove of garlic (finely chopped) A bunch of basil leaves Olive oil 150g Chestnut mushrooms (finely chopped into cubes)…