Easy Ham Carbonara

“This recipe is fantastic.Since I had an excellent ham carbonara while in Germany ten years ago, I have been looking for something that came close.This one did!I am inspired to try it with variations such as olive oil instead of vegetable oil.Also, I had a one pound box of angel hair pasta so I doubled the recipe because it seemed like alot of pasta to combine to the single recipe.My suggestion that might make it even better is lighter on the oil and margarine and use more broth.If you want to get really fancy, fresh parmasan and baby peas would be very tasty.One last thing – the fresh parsley made it taste very fresh.Very easy and pleasing for the whole family.”

“I am usually very skeptical of recipes that look easy because they often lack flavor.This recipe was a pleasant surprise!It was not only the easiest recipe to make but the flavor was amazing for such a simple recipe; economical too.I used linguine instead of angel hair pasta (a little heartier noodle for my DH), substituted butter for the margarine (a little richer flavor)and used dried parsley instead of fresh (didn’t have fresh – 8 teaspoons dried = 8 Tablespoons fresh).I modified one step but only because I was afraid I’d screw up the addition of straight egg yolks to the mixture – I mixed the egg yolks with a portion of the chicken broth.I will definetly make this recipe often in the future- 5 stars.”

“I love this recipe. I have made this with ham, salmon, baby shrimp, and chicken. All were excellent. After several times making this, I have made a couple of small changes. I use Olive Oil instead of vegetable oil. I have been using 1/2 cup of margarine. I cut the heat back alot, and melt the margarine very slowly. I also use 3 egg yolks and 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese. I make sure to keep heating everything until the water is gone, and all that is left is the creamy coating. Thanks again for the great recipe.”

“Easy excellent recipe.Next time I make it however, I’m going to use only 1/2 the box of pasta as it made far too much.Good flavor, before even tasting it, my husband rated it a “keeper”.”

“Delicious!Carbonara is one of my husband’s favorite dishes so I made this for his b-day dinner.I didn’t realize it would taste so yummy w/o cream!I didn’t have ham so I used bacon instead.I also used olive oil and real butter.And I omitted the parsley since I didn’t have any.It was so good we ate it for breakfast this morning! Thanks for posting this.”

“The flavor was excellent!Maybe 4 ounces of pasta instead of a package (mine was 12 oz.) would be better.”

“I messed this one up pretty badly!I didn’t have a pot large enough to hold the pasta and ham mixture, so I just added the yolks to the bubbling ham mixture, thinking I could pour it over the pasta at serving. What a mistake!The flavor would have been good if i hadn’t cooked the yolks at such a hot temperature.It wound up tasting like an enormous noodly omelet! I am guessing it is pretty important to follow the directions as they are on this one!”

“What a wonderful recipe.So quick and easy, and with items that most of us have in the kitchen every day.I added a little bit of garlic powder and italian seasoning.Next time I’m going to try it with a little less oil and butter and a bit more broth to see if I can make it a bit lighter.Might also try adding some diced bacon and mushrooms.Thanks for the post, it’s a keeper.”

“This is to-die-for!I used 10 ounces of linguine and cut the oil and butter down to 1/3 of that called for. Other than that I followed the recipe as written.I never make pasta carbonara because it’s so high high in fat.This one is less to start with and you can cut even more out of this recipe without sacrificing texture or flavor.Just make sure you use a high quality homemade broth. Comfort food at it’s best!! “

“Great recipe! Made this after having too may egg yolks left over after making Royal icing for a gingerbread house. Now after trying this I may just be stuck with left over egg whites!! Thanks for this suggestion over in the “talk” thread. I made this recipe just as directed except for subbing dried parsley for fresh, and it was perfect!”

“This is a very fast and delicious dinner.I stuck by the recipe, except that we used regular spaghetti.The addition of the parsley was wonderful, and I used fresh as it called for.I will definity be making this again, and my kids actually really enjoyed it, even thought they figured out there were “Onions” in it, but they still thought it was great.Thanks for the great recipe!”

“Delish!So easy to make and the flavors are wonderful! Used butter in place of margarine and dried parsley instead of fresh. Thank you for posting!”

“I had never had Ham Carbonara before so I don’t have anything to compare this to.DH an I really enjoyed it. The kiddos, not so much.Next time I make this, I will start my onions first and then cook the pasta.My angel hair was done long before I was ready for it. Other than that it was fantastic.I will make this again. I’ll just have to wait until the kids aren’t home. Served with steamed asparagus on the side.”

“This recipe comes together fast. By the time the pasta was done so was my onions and everything else was ready and waiting. I used 2 whole small eggs and dried parsley as I do not like fresh herbs. I cooked down the broth until there was just a thin coating for the noodles. Very good, moist but not sloppy.”

“This recipe is great.I had some ham to use up and searched for a dish we had never had before.I chose your recipe and boy are we glad I did.It was so good.I did add a bit more chicken broth, but otherwise followed your recipe.Thank you for sharing this with us, we love it. Delicious.”

“This was really good.I was a little worried with all the onions but it turned out amazing.:D”

“This was just what I was looking for! I had some ham to use up and I wanted it with pasta but I didn’t want a thick heavy alfredo-type sauce ( I don’t like alfredo sauce). This was great. I doubled the ham and I probably had more pasta than called for. I also used dried parsley b/c that’s what I had. This is a keeper for me. If you want it a little saucier and you add to the ingredients you might want to use more butter or chicken broth. I like it as is.”

“Really, really great!! Thanks.We had a really good ham for new years and I thought of carbonara for the leftovers.We subbed out the 1/4 cup margarine/butter for half ‘n half.I did add more chicken broth.I also added peas – This is sooo good!!”

“My family thought this meal was great. I was all set to prepare dinner when my husband declared that I was to get a break from cooking, and so he took over and prepared this for us. We followed the recipe closely, only halving it, and we did not use parsley because our store has not had it for awhile. All of us loved it, and it will definitely be made again. Thanks for sharing the recipe.”

“This was excellent! I used 2 Tbs of Olive oil, 1 Tbs of butter, a small amount of onion, 1 cup of homemade turkey stock, 2 egg yolks, 10 oz. of gluten free spaghetti, 1/4 cup of parm. and 1/4 cup of Havarti. We had leftover Heavenly ham from our Christmas dinner, so I used it up. Topped with fresh cracked pepper, dried parsley (didn’t have fresh) and a little sea salt. This was so good!! I will definitely make this again. Next time I’ll add English peas! Thank you for sharing:)”