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@buttholasaurus99

Жыл бұрын

What about the last egg? What do you crack it against?

@BobbysCuisine

Жыл бұрын

@@buttholasaurus99 good one! hahaha your head, if you are a funny chef ;)

@buttholasaurus99

Жыл бұрын

@@BobbysCuisine well, I was expecting a response, but my wife thought I was clever for 2 seconds and said “ another egg, only one is going to break and be used”

@BobbysCuisine

Жыл бұрын

@@buttholasaurus99 hahahahahaha clever wife you have mate. LOL good one!

@AnthonyLeighDunstan

Жыл бұрын

@@buttholasaurus99 kept seeing these ornate wooden or ceramic eggs being sold in these posh homewares stores. I thought they were pretentious decorations mindless people put in bowls alongside vases of glass beads and plastic orchards. Turns out this is exactly what they’re for - cracking actual eggs. I keep mine with the other eggs and use it everyday.

Ciao James, I always love watching your videos and every week I await to watch your reaction. This week I am surprised to see me making the original carbonara for you. Such a beautiful dish that doesn't stop evolving. It's funny because the old school carbonara has almost scrumbled eggs in it. In the last 20 years, Carbonara have been done just like this video you reacted to but in the last few years Carbonara evolved very quickly and it's even creamier. You should check out my 2021 carbonara version but be ready for my 2023 version because it will be the cremaiest one ever

@mikeoxmaul837

Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to see this year’s carbonara. how are you going to top the previous one?

@lucatenkate3712

Жыл бұрын

Love your videos you've greatly improved my skills in the kitchen and my friends can agree with that for sure!

@BigHalfSteps

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeoxmaul837 Just wait for the video.. I'm guessing he's going to show the technique of adding the rendered fat of guanciale to the bowl of egg pecorino mixture so it cooks the eggs that way, then add noodles. Adding the guanciale at the end as toppings. Pro: Creamiest version as of yet. Can be executed more easily. Lower risk of overcooking eggs / scrambling eggs. Contra: You have to use Guanciale/Pancetta. If you use Bacon you won't get nearly enough fat rendered to cook the egg mixture.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Hey Vincenzo! Thank you! I got a lot of requests to see this. haha I will have to check it out. I hope you are enjoying your time in Italy, I saw the video yesterday about the best cacio e pepe and the places you went to looked pretty good!

@2sdd

Жыл бұрын

METAL ON NON STICK PAN? XD

Vincenzo not only makes videos that demonstrates the most authentic italian techniques and ingredients, he also offers a bunch of alternatives and simplified methods for home cooking that deliver similar results. He's honestly great at both explaining the authentic version and possible home versions

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@lgninjalo

Жыл бұрын

You should have seen him at first. He toned it down a lot.

@BeardedDanishViking

Жыл бұрын

Alternatives? An italian that can think outside the tradition box? Well that's a new one.

@TheNuggzt3r

11 ай бұрын

However at the same time he complains about anyone who offers alternatives😅

@peterbreis5407

6 ай бұрын

@@TheNuggzt3r Vincenzo shows sensible alternatives to achieve the real flavour not the random botch job most Americans do. They think they are "improving" the dish, instead they are just f@#king it up. Italian cooking is essentially very simple, the right ingredients and method are essential. You can play with it to a certain extent but it is really easy to screw it up with shortcuts and substitutions.

I was doing Carbonara from this recipe, but with the old video. No guanciale as I couldn't find it near me, so I've used pancietta. As a European, I was using a cream (please don't kill me guys🤣) before. Never again. I've made proper carbonara with Vincenzo's video and it ends up amazing and delicious. I've even send a photo of it to my Italian friend and he approved 😉

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

good to hear! :) haha

After all the bad it’s really nice to see someone like Vincenzo who is an absolute master of what he does

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

agreed!

@itsmederek1

Жыл бұрын

He is not really a master. Italia Squisita has real masters, he is more of an enthousiast. Some recipes of his are more like a 7/10 rather than a 9 if you know what I mean. Still obviously a great guy with good content but he is no Luciano Monosillio, Ranveer Brar or Jaque Pepin of his field.

@ruedelta

Жыл бұрын

@@itsmederek1 To be fair that is just the nature of KZread as a platform. Even Wang Gang, who is cited a lot by other KZread chefs for Chinese food, is actually just a good intermediate-level chef, with tens if not hundreds of thousands of chefs at his level. Masters are not likely to do videos - they are generally too busy for that. But I think that label is a bit unfair and unnecessary anyways. We will likely never be good enough to outgrow the tutelage of someone like Vincenzo.

@dzhsck5310

Жыл бұрын

@@ruedelta That's not true. If you have an editor it makes the timing a lot easier. There are plenty of master chefs on KZread, like Wang Gang. Vincenzo is a home-chef. His recipes are for traditional Italian cooking you or me can make at home. He definitely is not a master. KZread itself has plenty of actual kitchen chefs that make videos.

@itsmederek1

Жыл бұрын

@@ruedelta My point is exactly because this level of mastership is rare on youtube we should appreciate it when we can see it like in ranveer brar or Luciano monosillio and reserve that label for people like them. I am not saying that Vincenzo needs to be a master at all before we can properly appreciate him, he is a fantastic content creator with solid general knowledge of Italian cuisine. Your point about Wang Gang I do find to be a little bit non-representative though because China doesn't have youtube which highly restricts access to high level Sichuan cooking content limiting it to Chinese platforms. People like Jaque-Pepin, Marco-Pierre White and even James Makinso(Spanish Recipes) can be considered masters to an extent and there is tons of content on yt from them. To be clear I mostly agree with everything you say this is just my clarification of earlier statements

Having made carbonara based off Chef Vincenzo’s instructions from that video, I can attest to how well it turned out. My wife was raving about it after I made it, and said it might be her new favorite pasta dish. Vincenzo did such a good job explaining all that steps that I, who had never made this before, was moving so efficiently through the steps that my wife didn’t believe I was cooking it for the first time.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

@stephanewantiez164

Жыл бұрын

@@ChefJamesMakinson same here, and it was perfect! :P I live in Montreal, and I can often find guancale and peccorino, otherwise I take some pancetta with a mix of peccorino and parmigiano - because with pancetta and only peccorino, it's too salty

I followed this exact video 2 times and it was amazing. Tastes nothing like any "Carbonara" I've ever eaten. Really made me think about how many meals I've eaten in my life that I haven't actually eaten because they were done entirely wrong. A bit like that Matrix scene where the kid goes "but how does the Matrix know what chicken tastes like? Maybe the matrix is doing it wrong".

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear that!

@ayajade6683

Жыл бұрын

This dish is one that has region variations that causes so many fights I've legit watched my nona and her sil fight it out so many times

@giusepperana6354

Жыл бұрын

@@ayajade6683 What kind of differences?

@ayajade6683

Жыл бұрын

@@giusepperana6354 type of cheese where it's the same type just a different variety often a more common local variety last fight was over if Manchego Cheese and Grana Padano goes with the pecorin, type of egg used sil mentioned their area uses duck eggs as they were more common than chickens until recently, which fatty cut of pork gives it the best flavor Nona's region uses pork check and a small bit of pork belly, what extra spices goes in there,etc.

@Vittrich

Жыл бұрын

@@ayajade6683 my aunts took the competition to another level and had bake offs around christmas every year for well over 20 years, while every year they made more and more different types of cookies, went up almost in the fifties. it went so bad that they actually started in november to top each other, using all 5 weeks of their vaccation time just for this. one day one of my uncles found about 50!!kg molded cookies in the basement from last christmas and he finally put a nail in the coffin, because of the food and money waste.

Hello James, Vincenzo is an excellent chef in my opinion, as you know to Italians everywhere, Carbonara is a staple to Italian food, Vincenzo has shown many people the proper way to do many things, he’s also no afraid to critique his own work, once he went to Bologna to see how they make Bolognese traditionally, he made a video with David Berti on a proper Bolognese, he learned a few things himself, so I guess what I’m saying is he’s not full of himself, he too is always ready to learn. Great chef. And anyone who adds cream to Carbonara shouldn’t be cooking Carbonara, call it something else if you’re going to do these things, these recipes are important, god bless. 🙏🏽

Vincenzo is always a joy to watch. His exuberance for authentic Italian cuisine is absolutely infectious

A collab between you two would be great. Vincenzo seems always down for collabs too. I think you guys would get along really well.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

I think so too!

@YouWillNeverKnowMan

Жыл бұрын

Yes, let's make it happen!

Chef Vincenzo is the real deal. He's super kind, explains it perfectly well and I tried a lot of his dishes, they all are super authentic and super tasty. Nothing but love for Vincenzo👏

I dont mind your frequent interruptions, because they are made to teach and in a soft tone of voice. Theyre never annoying, unlike somebody else we know ! You dont put people down, just state your corrections. Very nice . The carbonara looks delicious. I can see why people think it contains cream. It's amazing what can be done with just eggs and cheese !!!

Dear Chef James: This is the first time I've seen one of your videos, and it was truly a pleasure to watch. Your voice, the delivery of remarks is gentle and incredibly kind. I always enjoy Chef Vincenzo's videos. Your clear understanding and respect for him warms my heart. I look forward to watching your other videos. I'm now a new subscriber. Much love and light to you and yours always from the beautiful east coast of Canada. ❤️🕊🇨🇦🕊❤️

@ChefJamesMakinson

11 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! it means a lot to hear that!

I've had so many carbonara fails over the years, watched Vincenzo's video and I've never failed since!! It's a brilliant method!

I really have to give Vincenzo a thank you because he really educated me on Italian cooking and of course Carbonara. It was perfect when I went to Italy last summer and knew about the different dishes and how they were prepared. The Carbonara I had in Modena was absolutely delicious

What I love with Vincenzo is that he exactly knows what he is doing and explains it!

Your tips, tricks and humour adds so much value! Thanks! There are so many youtubers whose reaction videos are just stupid faces and comments. Yours is in a totally different league - so educational!

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Peter!

I tried Vincenzo's carbonara recipe and I have to say it came out really good, it actually was the first time I'd ever eaten carbonara in my life, so I decided to compare it to a carbonara from a local restaurant, I honestly couldn't eat it, from the first bite I wanted to throw up, it just felt like I was eating heavy cream with some spaghetti.

@Cr4z33_YT

Жыл бұрын

I remember my childhood in Switzerland in the 80's where Carbonara was tagliatelle with smoked ham, cream and grated cheese on top... lol what a crap!

@ohger1

Жыл бұрын

@@Cr4z33_YT Sounds like something Olive Garden would make..

Carbonara is one of my family staples. It is ALWAYS worth the extra effort. I make mine with pepper bacon as Guanciale is difficult to get where I am. I'm trying to get my local smoke house to make it but they can't seem to understand the concept. The hickory smoked pepper bacon adds and extra depth to the dish and you don't have to worry about adding additional pepper to the mix. NOTE to home cooks, always add more pasta water than you think you should. The noodles really absorb the sauce and it can become very "dry" very quickly. That soup Vincenzo showed you is the right amount. Few things are worse than having a dry carbonara when the pasta water is right there for the addition.

This was the first carbonara recipe I learned that produced consistent results each time, and results that were consistent with what one expects from an authentic carbonara. Consistency between cooks seems like a silly thing to note, but prior to this video, I had some pre-KZread cookbooks whose recipes just never got the correct taste/aroma/appearance, and certainly not the same ones every trial. I also really love the traditional take on this, partially because I find historical recipes fascinating and partially because I’m from Asia where traditional recipes are still prominent in the house. It’s great that he acknowledges that there’s no right answer with the eggs, given that- as you obviously know as an accomplished chef yourself 😂 restaurants now use specific proportions of whole eggs to egg yolks for a certain level of creaminess to heaviness of the sauce. Glad you reacted to this one! 😊

I really love these reaction videos, there's so much more to learn from these than professionals reacting to Jack's cooking videos.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! :)

@hugobranca

Жыл бұрын

I use two eggs per person, well one yolk and one whole. I also clean the guincale more, the outside have been exposed to a lot. But otherwise the exact technique.

@Zoboomafoobar

Жыл бұрын

If you're talking about August the Duck, I think that also has its place. When you learned to drive, you didn't do it in a Lamborghini! Sure, it's pandering to the masses but it's not necessarily a bad thing. Chacun à son goût! 👊🏽

@VerhoevenSimon

Жыл бұрын

@@Zoboomafoobar more in the sense of: pointing out things to adapt in a Jack video is like shooting fish in a barrel.

I really appreciate the video. Love the insight and your views on the recipe. Would love to see both you and Vincenzo collab. Maybe even a friendly cook-off?!

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Maybe one day! :)

@1dgram

Жыл бұрын

Insight, we're not inciting violence here!

@Nesot

Жыл бұрын

@@1dgram was about the same thing

@1dgram

Жыл бұрын

@@Nesot it's fixed now

I always learn so much from your videos. I really get a lot out of both your reaction and recipe videos. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. 🙂

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

.. This is the first time ever I've seen a Chef so calm, both in body and tone of voice, and even smiling too 😳☺️ how nice is that.. .. Thank you so very much for the explanations 🤗

@ChefJamesMakinson

Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

All I can say is that I follow Vincenzo's instructions on many dishes and they turn out perfect. He explains things in simple terms and uses the classic ingredients. This old Sicilian appreciates learning new tricks.

We love Vincenzo and his cooking. Simple and elegant. I'm currently doing his authentic Bolognese sauce and it's only one hour into the reducing stage. Damn I'm hungry...

i really disliked carbonara for a long time. then i saw an italian chef make it on youtube some years ago - and tried it. to my surprise it was very good and i was confused why i disliked it for so long. then i ordered some in a restaurant and they mangled it with cream and parsley. this was the real eyeopening moment for me. it seems, in switzerland many middletier restaurants do it this way, especially for lunch, when they have to bang out 50 dishes at once. (this i learned from this video, thanks James!). carbonara is now a staple in my own kitchen. my kids dont like pecorino, maybe its to strong or its because its made of sheepmilk. i go with parmigiano reggiano (i know, Vincenzo wouldnt be pleased :-) but its still waaaayyyy better than all the premade stuff.

Vincenzo is the best, such a humble, honest and passionate guy. Respect to him!

Vincenzo is one of the good ones. I'm glad you listened to my suggestion and gave one of his videos a try. He's inspired me to do all sorts of neat novel things in my kitchen that I wouldn't have ever done before.

I followed Vincenzo's tutorial and for me it was a pleasure to see that my family liked it so much. Thanks for your valuable comments 😄

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

I've made carbonara based on a different Vincenzo's Plate video; he has at least 3 different carbonara videos. It turned out great, although I could find neither guanciale nor pecorino at the time. I recently found pecorino in a Whole Foods, so I'll be making carbonara again soon, albeit with pancetta.

Followed this recipe a few times now and it’s just fantastic! And I’m always keen to see the comments and tips from James to make these recipes even more successful. Thanks guys.

I learned so much from this video when it first came out. Vincenzo has a skill for easily explaining cooking concepts.

After following Vincenzo's recipe for carbonara once, I'm never doing it differently. Its amazing and buying guanciale and pecorino was Worth every penny

Vincenzo’s cooking it is spot on. I grew up in Italy. I’ve spent time in Rome. His cooking technique and product is perfect. I’m a cook, so I embrace awesome cooks and their execution.

Thanks for your reaction video to Vincenzo carbonara. Out of many recipes of carbonara on youtube , this recipe and video is one of the best . It’s easy to follow , Vincenzo gives a lot of tips and it’s quite authentic . Your commentary added value to this video indeed . So kudos, Chef .

You should do a pro chef reacts to Vincenzo's Carbonara series, he has done several different ones ever since this video, and has also done reaction vids so it will be interesting to hear your perspective. :)

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

Thank you for this video! I enjoy both you and Vincenzo on KZread, you both love the food and teaching

Vincenzo is one of the very best Italian chefs who makes videos in English. This is a really good carbonara recipe that I have tried and tested. Thanks for adding some very useful commentary., and yes folks, please don’t add cream!

After a few days of watching both you and Vincenzo reacting to some less than stellar cooking, I'm now watching back to back, Vincenzo reacting to Luciano Monosilio's carbonara, and now you reacting to Vincenzo's own carbonara, and it's refreshing to see proper techniques and the respect it generates. I will say for Vincenzo, both in this video and his own reactions to Luciano's carbonara that he may not quite understand tempering, or doesn't explain it particularly well. Luciano uses a double boiler method (bain-marie), which I hadn't seen before, but seems to be more foolproof. Also, I'd add that pasta water into the egg mix a bit at a time too, but I'm very excited to try this, assuming I can find some decent guanciale around me.

vincenzo has the best italian cooking channel in the world by far!

During covid lockdown I got the urge to cook so much from home! For a long time I stuck with a lot of Japanese cuisine, but then after, Vincenzo introduced me to Italian cuisine. Love his cooking and your reactions!

I stopped watching other chefs when it comes to Italian recipes. Vincenzo is a gift that keeps on giving

I’ve followed a number of Vincenzo’s tutorials. They are great. This one is my favourite. Glad he’s led me to your channel.

Dude I just saw the clip of your food. And from one chef to another it looks so good❤! I've been doing intermittent fasting and I can't watch your videos on the days I fast all day. I see your plating and I can do it. Especially when I have your recipe on making it. Please take the compliment as it is. Your food is beautiful.

Since I learned how to cook Carbonara, thanks to Vincenzo, It's been my absolute favorite dish to make and I constantly impress guests with it. I also love cooking it for my own, and I try to keep it different everytime, sometimes I use whole eggs, sometimes only yolks, sometimes I make it more delicate, others I go crazy with flavor. I've tried with spanish pancetta, which is very salty, etc. I just love that you can cook the sauce at the same time that the pasta is cooking, you don't have to spend hours doing it if you have the ingredients at hand. I can't thank Vincenzo enough, trully.

I came here to your channel just because I'm following Vincenzo's channel and I enjoyed so much his reaction to your reaction to his mushroom risotto video that I had to see some of your other videos. I appreciate soooooo muuuuch the way you explain in detail everything! It's amazing! I see a lot of other chefs or "chefs" on you tube that do a really average and inaccurate job but you are so calm, precise, on point with everything you say that's a pleasure to listen to you. I'm Polish but I'm living in Italy since I was a child and I really know Italian food and how Italians really care about the "correct" way to prepare their traditional recepies. I am too very into the traditional way of making the original recipes, I prepare the ragù bolognese according to the authentic recipe that has been registered in 1982 at the Camera di commercio in Bologna, for example, and I love on the other hand making the authentic Polish dishes that I've learned from my granny (I was "employed" in her kitchen, even before being able to reach the countertop, as her "sous chef"). Now I really appreciate your professional and very nice to listen explanation of how to do many things in a "pro chef" way. Really good job. I can't wait to see more.

@ChefJamesMakinson

7 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy the rest of my content! :)

Using the right ingredients and controlling the heat. That's what an around 80 years old real Italian nonna taught me in the 70's. Today, I am still following her recipe.Only use the yolk, Vicenzo had it wrong there. During WW2 they'd use the entire egg because there won't be a waste that time. But, the time I learned it, WW2 was over, So only the yolk was used, and with the remaining egg white they made a dessert.

I’m so glad you chose this video to react to - out of all the carbonara recipes I’ve made this is the best one ❤

You and Vincenzo my favorite chefs. You two are a delight to watch and so informative. Thank you.

Vince is a really really nice guy, in the school holidays he goes around different supermarkets and teaches kids how to cook, my girls have cooked with him and they love him. He really is a genuinely nice dude.

James, you're really objective and it's nice to see someone who clearly knows his stuff being that way.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Nick!

I love both your content and Vincenzo's!! Keep up the good work, Chef James! I learn so much from both of you!!

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

I like your reactions because they are always honest and they way you explain the cooking techniques are precious and well explain. Hugs from Italy 🇮🇹

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Luigi!

Great video as always, Chef James. I follow Vincenzo’s carbonara recipe at home. I love it every time. Guancale is quite difficult to get where I live so I’ve always used pancetta, but I managed to get a hold of some last week and can’t wait to try it with that.

I like that James allows the reviewed chef to explain how he cooks, then James adds to the explanation and returns to the video. James might like to watch "Gordon is left flustered after a Greek grandma criticizes his food."

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Haha that sounds like a funny video!😂

@MrVvulf

Жыл бұрын

That sounds amazing. Anything that backfoots Gordon promises to be fun.

I use this recipe to make carbonara about once a month, and I've made it for friends and family several times. It's by far the best and most authentic recipe I've found, and it tastes fantastic. I've also made several of his other recipes, and they're all delicious.

Great vid as always. Just a thing: adding salt to water increases its concentration leading to more heat needed to heat. The boiling temp is still 100°C, it just needs more heat to increase temp!

I tried this exact recipe and apart from burning my first batch of guanciale (even on low heat) so I had to use the batch I had bought for the next meal, it went very well and everyone loved it! Still hard not to let it cool off too much though because when adding the cream you turn off the heat and it cools from there. If you then put it on cold plates then you're eating a lukewarm dish. I need to get me a plate warmer for this one.

Salt goes first in the water, because salt retains the heat and cooks the pasta faster. I break the spaghetti in two for easier cooking and eating.For extra flavor fry onions with the guanciale.

I've made this recipe a few times and I love it. I've tried this dish with guanciale and pancetta. Guanciale is definitely the way to go, and I always go out of my way to buy the guanciale at a local Italian market. I highly recommend this recipe. As you can see in the video its super fast to make, basically a couple of minutes longer than it takes to cook the pasta.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great! :)

Thanks chef James. I love how both you and Vincenzo are so passionate about food and techniques. Great job as always. Vincenzo has some great authentic Italian pizzas if you care to react to them. I really enjoy your reactions and background info.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! :)

This was the video I learned how to make carbonara from, and now you've reminded me of it I remember I haven't actually made any in awhile. Maybe tonight. It's pretty easy to find pecorino around here, but I haven't seen guanciale anywhere so I've always ended up using pancetta. I found it very easy to follow this as a tutorial, and not to brag but it came out perfectly the first time just by doing what he says. I think it was for the sake of this recipe that I finally went and bought a microplane so I could grate the pecorino fresh.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

I'm very glad to hear that! carbonara made well is delicious! :)

Looks delicious! I've been making a lot of egg custard as a dessert, and the pecorino egg sauce follows a similar process: temper it then cook until it thickens. I'll give it a try using ingredients I have, like anchovies or bacon.

As long as you keep showing chefs of a high caliber I will love to watch thank you chef

It's fun to watch a chef add commentary to another chef's creations. Thanks for the video James.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Ай бұрын

My pleasure

I add the carbonara cream to the pan cooking on no heat until it becomes a cream. Adding water to the mix first could result in a watery cream and waiting for the water to dissolve you could risk getting scrambled eggs. He did a newer version of his carbonara where he does what I said and I feel is the best method.

@timothyaugustine7093

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I concur. You could observe in this video when Vincenzo made the carbonara. It didn't turn out the best because the eggs have scrambled a little due to the fact that he turned the stove back on. The residual heat from the pan and the pasta water is sufficient to lightly cook the eggs but not scramble it.

@timothyaugustine7093

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad he did change his carbonara game over the years to make it creamier and also prevent more accidents from happening like the one you can see here.

I have made this carbonara many times and served it to true Italian guests with excellent reception . I have used pancetta in a pinch, but really really recommend guanciale if you can find it. It is hard to find in my market: Denver, Colorado, USA. The best part of this video is Vincenzo as he is animated, entertaining and great at what he does.

@ChefJamesMakinson

8 ай бұрын

yes he did do a great job! sometimes it is not easy to get the exact ingredients

We've followed Vincenzo's tutorials for a number of dishes, Bolognese sauce, putanesca, and several others. They have all turned out wonderful.

One of the first cooking videos I watched on YT, cool to see a pros reaction. Have tried this at home and it's delicious and pretty easy to pull off.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

good to hear! :)

Absolutely brilliant content! This is what KZread is perfect for! James introduced me to Vincenzo and his comments really contributed to understanding cooking and Carbonara!

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark!

I really enjoyed this video this is the way to learn! *Fabulous.👏*

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear!

Very nice video. Vincenzo was great and your thoughtful comments really added value to the experience.

I'm not a cook at all. But I watched this video of Vincenzo's plate and did the recipe with pancetta because I can't find guanciale where I live. And it was quite a success. Vincenzo is a very good teacher and his enthusiasm is contagious.

Hey James, watching your videos for a while now. Learned a lot! thanks for that. love your vidoes, keep it up!

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

This is so wholesome, I love this Vincenzo reminds me of my uncle a lot, too 😊

love James and Vincenzo's channels I have learned sooo much from you both

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear!

been watching vincenzo for years. when someone loves something as much as he loves cooking pasta (and everything to do with cooking pasta) it's easy to have the utmost faith in the end product.

He is great, The only issue was using the scrapy metal tongs in the non stick pan. But it’s still the best carbonara video yet, IMO

Absolutely love Vincenzo’s Plate and your reviews for deeper insight on his specialty. Looking forward to future reviews on Vinenzo’s cooking!

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

More to come!

Vincenzo is a fantastic teacher. You follow his videos and end up serving authentic Italian food.

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

😉

Came across your channel today with the reaction video to Alex's Paella, and have checked out several of your other videos and really enjoying them all! I am learning so much from your commentary and really loving the content! ❤

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to hear! :)

I have made this a number of times from this recipe video but substituting Pancetta for Guanciale (U.K. it’s a go to a butcher or order online item in my area). Had to play around a bit with the amount of pasta water as made it too watery or too dry (and got scrambled eggs). But about 7 tablespoons of pasta water per person in the egg cheese mix (plus 2-3 tablespoons per person in the pan) seems to work for me. Goes well with a nice glass of chilled Soave 🍷 😋

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

😋

Keep it up. Love your explanations for every step. ❤

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😀

After I found Vincenzo's channel some years ago, I've always used his recipe for Carbonara as well as his recipe for Bucatini all'Amatriciana. Both are really good

What a pleasure watching you cooking! My mom was Italian, born in Rome! ❤🎉

Def added value to the video, for someone like me who only cooks because of my love for eating, occasionally the 'why?' they do things makes me wonder, the way that you explained it brings huge clarity. I have cooked this one though used the instructions from Grandma Gina (Buon-A-Petitti on youtube) a while ago. I absolutely love it with the Romano cheese, however being in Australia i find they dumb it down with cream a lot .... mabee for the reasons you mention ... also may be because it is quite strong and unusual for that sort of cheese to be tasted here, i am not sure. I have it per the above recipe (but use bacon :D because its easier here) and also my mum loves like this so we serve ours first, then i have to add cream to 'thin' it for my wife and dad as it is to strong for them. Thanks for what you do mate.

For me a great CARBONARA is the prep work. Having all the ingredients ready, have the water boiling, the guanciale in a cold pan. Add the pasta to the water, turn on the heat to the guanciale, everything is ready at the same time. I prefer to use a stainless pan, the guanciale fat carnalizes to the bottom, just before I add the pasta I deglaze the pan with White Wine. For a dish that is so simple the flavour is incredible. I believe a lot of people over think it, making it harder than it should be. I live in a small town about 1 hour from an Italian wholesaler, once a year I go into the city load up on Italian cured meats, then freeze them. Foe me it is worth the effort.

This tutorial by Vincenzo was the reason why I became so interested in Italian cuisine! 😇

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Really?? Very nice!! Italian cuisine is delicious but not that many people fully understand Spanish cuisine both use a lot of olive oil but Italy is all about the pasta

Thanks for the sincere review of Vincenzo’s method. I have made both of Vincenzo’s versions of Carbonara. The only difference between the two is 3 yokes plus an 1 whole egg versus 4 whole eggs. I found that the 3 yoke version is much richer with more impactful flavors from the cheese, pepper and pancetta (never have I come across pig cheeks in New England). In addition the more textured the pasta is the far more efficient it is in absorbing the flavors from a pan made sauce.

I think it was the first tutorial on Carbonara that I had ever watched! Good to look back. I now use dry fettuccine for Carbonara because I can't find spaghettoni and regular spaghetti still feels too thin, and I can catch more sauce and meat in it. I've also got bucatini, but I usually save that for making Amatriciana, because I never feel like there's any Carbonara sauce inside a single bucatino. The version with rigatoni and cube-cut meat is also cool. Guanciale is really rare, I have to go downtown to find an Italian deli, even then I don't think they source quality guanciale and it's really expensive. Instead, I just use plain cured pork belly that my local supermarket has, and when I cook it I also add some crushed garlic, bay leaves, and rosemary to emulate the flavor a bit. And a bit of olive oil to help out the pork belly a bit.

The instructions are really on point, it makes it easy to get the texture just right. I was surprised that it did not taste like I was expecting. Both the guanciale and the pecorino are relatively mild. I assume I had "carbonara" with bacon before, and that has a much more pronounced flavor. I like this recipe and will be making it again.

Hi James, I have made this recipe a few times, I used whole eggs and lardons ( no guiancali) and it was brilliant...no cream.

Thank you! It was a great review, not just funny, but helpful.

I'm cooking with this recipe for almost 2 years! Love it :)

@ChefJamesMakinson

10 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

Massive respect to you Vincenzo, for being a great and affable Italian chef! Love your videos! I do hope you watch more of Vincenzo's videos, Chef James. 😄

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

More to come!

by the way... look out for the tag "al bronzo" or "bronzato" on the pasta package, this means the pasta was formed/pressed through nozzles made out of bronze rather than plastic. bronze has a rougher surface than plastic, creating the more course surface of artisan pasta

I love this guy. Vincenzo ! James thanks for your in depth explanations.

@ChefJamesMakinson

3 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@vincenzosplate is always a great source of entertainment and an education in Italian cuisine for home cooks. As always, James, your insight is always on point and thoughtful!

@ChefJamesMakinson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love making Carbonara... so quick and satisfying.