How to Use carbonara in a Sentence

carbonara

noun
  • The carbonara at brunch needed more cheese to boost the salt.
    Bill Addison, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • For the carbonara sauce, simply add the egg yolks to the cream, and add the bacon fat.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • This is carbonara for the clumsy, the impatient and the greedy.
    Eric Kim, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Here are 23 recipes that make use of the yolk in all of its yellow glory, from carbonara to crème brûlée.
    Belle Cushing, Bon Appetit, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Sit down with a plate of carbonara and parmesan cheese, black pepper and olive oil?
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • My favorite so far has been the recipe for spaghetti carbonara.
    Amy Kraft, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2013
  • Her recipe for carbonara spaghetti pie is the perfect balm for the soul (and the stomach) in these trying times.
    Sarah Rense, Esquire, 5 Feb. 2018
  • This spaghetti carbonara is a deli egg-bacon-and-cheese-on-a-roll that has been pasta-fied.
    Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2016
  • Two of my favorite recipes include the Latin-style smothered pork chops and the creamy carbonara pasta.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2020
  • There’s also the seafood carbonara with shrimp, jumbo lump crab and crawfish tails.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The addition of eggs and crispy bacon almost makes this dish a baked carbonara.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There's a green-curry sea bass with Thai basil and a spaghetti carbonara, plus lobster bisque.
    Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 12 Mar. 2018
  • There’s a lasagna with lamb ragù and mustard greens and a cabbage carbonara that subs in layers of the hearty vegetable for pasta.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 6 Jan. 2023
  • This isn’t a unique thought: Here’s a carbonara with peas and almonds, and another with chorizo.
    Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Also: René’s kale and mushroom carbonara will become your new late-night go-to.
    Christine Muhlke, Bon Appetit, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The dinner menu includes options such as spring gnocchi carbonara, rack of lamb and filet mignon.
    Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com, 1 May 2018
  • Some of the book’s recipes look delicious, like the ram-don with sirloin from Parasite and the carbonara from Heartburn.
    Vulture, 21 June 2023
  • The filling is built on the classic ingredients of carbonara sauce: bacon, eggs and cheese.
    Joe Gray, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • Menu hits include the pasta carbonara ($15.90), which gives you spaghetti tossed in pecorino, egg, and black pepper.
    Michael Klein, Philly.com, 12 July 2017
  • Gualandi then became the chef for the Allied troops in Rome, which would explain the city’s strong connection with carbonara.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Some brussels sprouts recipes will instruct you to remove the outer leaves to use in your food, like this brussels sprouts carbonara from Bon Appétit.
    Audrey Bruno, SELF, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Three out of the top 10 new recipes in February were pastas: simple carbonara, easy rigatoni with vodka sauce, and BA's best lasagna.
    Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The carbonara is transcendent, the salads are beautiful and don’t sleep on the bread, which comes warm in a little butcher-paper pouch.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Neither the heat nor Luke’s carbonara craving subsides.
    New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The bigoli alla carbonara ($22) includes ramps, morel mushrooms and guanciale.
    Michael Bauer, SFChronicle.com, 6 July 2018
  • Coastal and rustic influences mingle on the menu, with some curious items like the boudin tater tots and turtle carbonara.
    Paul Oswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Yet, in the video above, Agazzi shows how to make a true carbonara using egg yolk, pecorino Romana, Parmigiano Reggiano and guanciale, which is cured pork jowl.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The new items include ramen and udon carbonara, which is made with udon noodles cooked in Shimogamo's special bechamel sauce.
    Lauren Saria, azcentral, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The Ramonara is a ramen noodle variation on the spaghetti carbonara theme, and a potato salad dish comes with salmon caviar, shoyu egg and edamame.
    Liza Weis, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The brief menu also features luxury seafood like king crab and whole Dover sole, a pasta that combines cacio e pepe and carbonara, and a bone-in rib-eye steak.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2016

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