How many calories in a carbonara
A restaurant plate of carbonara has 800 kcal, with 38 g of fat.
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To burn it off
Carbonara is pasta, egg, cheese and cured pork, and the fat in those is what makes it silky. The proper version has no cream at all.
A restaurant plate is 800 kcal. Made at home it's closer to 650, mostly because you'll serve yourself a bit less pasta and fat.
Many British versions add cream, and that pushes the number up. The Roman way is lighter and, honestly, nicer.
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Where it comes from
Carbonara is younger than most people think. The name first appears in print in 1950, when the Italian paper La Stampa described it as a Roman dish American officers went looking for after Rome was freed in 1944. A popular theory says it grew out of army rations of bacon and powdered egg, but nobody can prove who cooked it first.
Read the full story · Where does our food come from? · Source: HistoryNet, How WWII helped produce the savory bacon pasta known as carbonara
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Questions
Does carbonara have cream in it?
The original doesn't, just egg, cheese and pork. Cream is a later habit and it adds calories.
How many calories in a homemade carbonara?
About 650 kcal for a usual plate.
How much protein is in a carbonara?
Around 30 g for a restaurant plate, from the egg, cheese and pork.
Does guanciale or bacon change the calories?
A little. Guanciale is the fattier cut, so a carbonara made with it lands a bit higher than one with lean bacon. The gap is smaller than what a splash of cream adds.
How many calories does extra cheese on top add?
A tablespoon of grated pecorino or parmesan is about 20 kcal. Two generous spoons over the plate add around 40.
