Italian ยท Dinner
Spaghetti Carbonara
- Total
- 20 min
- Hands-on
- 20 min
- Level
- Medium
- Serves
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Italian ยท Dinner
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The first card on the page is Spaghetti Carbonara, and every roll after follows the same layout. Five parts are worth reading before you start chopping.
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| Ingredient | Scales cleanly? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Meat, vegetables, pasta, rice | Yes | Follow the card. Amounts round to the nearest 5 or 10 grams once scaled. |
| Salt, chilli, strong spices | Not past double | Add three quarters of the scaled amount, taste, then add the rest if needed. |
| Stock and water in soups and braises | Roughly | A wider pot loses more to steam. Keep a kettle of hot water ready instead of pouring the full amount in at the start. |
| Eggs | Rounds to halves | Beat the eggs and pour in half of one by eye. In baking, round up and add a minute to the bake. |
| Anything in a frying pan | The pan does not | Doubling a stir-fry or smash burgers means two batches. A crowded pan steams the meat grey instead of browning the outside. |
| Cakes, cookies, mousse | Batch, don't stretch | Make two batches rather than one deep tray. Bake time changes with depth, not weight. |
Scaled amounts show up in teaspoons and tablespoons to the nearest quarter. Three teaspoons or more turn into tablespoons, so 1 tsp of cumin for 4 people reads as 1 tbsp for 12.
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Every tag on a card was checked against the ingredient list as written. Swap a brand or add a topping and the tag might stop holding. These are the usual suspects.
Traditional versions set the curd with animal rennet. The risotto and Greek salad keep the vegetarian tag, but a strict vegetarian should buy a cheese labeled rennet-free.
Standard dashi uses bonito, a smoked fish. Miso soup carries no vegetarian tag for this reason, even with tofu as the main ingredient. Kombu with dried shiitake makes a plant-only stock.
Most soy sauce is brewed with wheat, and some miso and bean pastes contain wheat or barley. Every recipe using them stays untagged for gluten-free. Tamari is the usual swap.
Ground asafoetida is almost always cut with wheat flour. The chana masala leaves the spice out so the gluten-free tag holds.
Many green and red pastes contain shrimp paste. Swap the chicken in the green curry for tofu and the dish still is not vegetarian unless the paste label says so.
No gluten, despite the name. The word refers to the glue-like texture. Mango sticky rice is vegan and gluten-free.
Allergies go beyond what four tags cover. Peanuts show up in som tam, and sesame in four dishes once you count the tahini in hummus. Read the full ingredient list before cooking for someone with an allergy.
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