17th January - International Day of Italian Cuisines
Chef Carlo informed me that tomorrow 17 January is the International Day of Italian Cuisines. For one day, everyone who makes, promotes or simply loves Italian food outside of Italy is invited to carry out a small activity to celebrate authenticity and quality in Italian cuisine.
This unprecedented celebration is led by over 130 Italian chefs and restaurateurs in 35 countries. They will cook Pasta alla Carbonara according to the original, authentic recipe.
This simple dish, a classic Italian dish, is in fact the symbol of counterfeit Italian cuisine in the world. Which I may just well attempt to "counterfeit" in my own kitchen, ha. But not tomorrow though, no time to cook on a working day. =p
6 comments:
these italians are serious man!
my hubby got this recipe too when he was working in an italian restaurant some years ago. i still like the non-authentic version with lotsa unhealthy stuff. me bad! :p
Hey EJ..go look at Feb's Woman's Weekly..it's Andrea De Cruz on de cover, but u can pass off as her ahaha !
Ooh yums!
I use another recipe that they say is really 'authentic' too:
http://www.leitesculinaria.com/recipes/cookbook/carbonara.html
But the egg cooks very quickly and it ends up looking like scrambled eggs :\ Maybe I will try your recipe. Anyway, just remember to add the eggs on low heat or remove the frying pan from the fire completely.
this post makes me realize that back during the time when i m in italy , for a full 5 weeks, i never ever taste carbonara, only the tomato and olive oil. omg!*grin*
michelle > haha, serious is the last word i'd ever describe them as!
yuling > oh that's so cool! So he must know how to cook italian cuisine well!
欣颖 > Wahahaha, ok i'll go see. :D
olimomok > Cool! thanks for the lil tip. Have never cooked carbonara before, cos I always had the impression that it's creamy. Will try this out sometime!
elaine > oh you should have! I was trying every other classic italian pasta, till i got so sick of it! ha
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