Tom Cruise's Recipe For (completely) Fake Carbonara That Makes Traditionalists Shudder

He’s just turned sixty, but Tom Cruise doesn’t show it at all thanks to a lot of exercise and a strict diet that’s almost banned carbohydrates. Almost, because even Top Gun’s Maverick makes a few mistakes and makes an exception for what he thinks is the easiest dish to make: spaghetti carbonara. In fact, he claims to be the “King of Carbonara” and to show how good he is, the actor once prepared it for Oprah Winfrey, the host of one of the most famous and popular shows on American television. It was a success: a consecration of his recipe (it’s on Oprah’s website), which continues to go viral on the web, as evidenced by dozens of YouTube videos made by users (including Americans) enthusiastic about recreating the perfect pasta dish the most famous stars of Hollywood. But carbonara, as simple as it may seem, can be riddled with pitfalls, and Tom Cruise’s rendition is further proof of that: at least an “unusual” reinterpretation, if we’re going to be indulgent. You’re also making the number one mistake, which is adding oil that’s instead banned from the original since the only fat that’s allowed is that of the bacon, and you’re making it because, in reality, even the most tolerant of traditionalists are wide-eyed , in the “carbonara based on tom cruise, the king of carbonara”, there is much more to it. In particular, two very extra ingredients: two cloves of garlic and a whole chopped onion, with which he sautés the pork belly (not the bacon) for half an hour, to flavor the pasta for 4 people. To break a lance in favor of the actor, it must be said that this is a typical mistake of foreigners, including famous chefs, who often put their hands on the Italian dish and announce “inevitable” reinterpretations with results that in reality are not always so surprised. You can find them by reading on, after Tom Cruise’s Carbonara recipe (if you want to try).

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