How to Use carbonara in a Sentence

carbonara

noun
Definition of carbonaranext
  • The same goes for pasta sauces: alfredo, marsala, puttanesca, carbonara ...
    — Samantha Dimauro, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
  • 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 | [email protected], 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 entrée was potato gnocchi with roasted carrots, shredded chicken and a carbonara sauce.
    — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024

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