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FEATURED ITINERARY'S
Spanish & Portuguese Treasures
Bilbao To Rome
14 Days Onboard Sirena
Special Offer: Take advantage of our OLife Ultimate* offer on this voyage and receive all three for free:
FREE – 8 Shore Excursions
FREE – Beverage Package
FREE – US$800 Shipboard Credit
Amenities are per stateroom
Limited-Time Offer. Offer valid on Categories PH-G.
West Coast Vines
Los Angeles To Los Angeles
7 Days Onboard Regatta
Special Offer: Take advantage of our OLife Ultimate* offer on this voyage and receive all three for free:
FREE – 4 Shore Excursions
FREE – Beverage Package
FREE – US$400 Shipboard Credit
Amenities are per stateroom
Limited-Time Offer. Offer valid on Categories PH-G.
Legendary Pathways
Rome to Istanbul
11 Days Onboard Marina
Special Offer: Take advantage of our OLife Ultimate* offer on this voyage and receive all three for free:
FREE – 8 Shore Excursions
FREE – Beverage Package
FREE – US$800 Shipboard Credit
Amenities are per stateroom
Limited-Time Offer. Offer valid on Categories PH-G.
FEATURED RECIPE
SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA
SERVES 4
- 14 ounces guanciale lardons (or pancetta or thick-cut smoked bacon)
- 1 pound dried spaghetti (or bucatini, rigatoni or linguine)
- 3 cups freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (or Pecorino Romano, Grana Padano or a combination of Pecorino Romano and Parmigiano-Reggiano)
- 3 tablespoons freshly grated Pecorino Romano
- 4 egg yolks, room temperature (you can experiment with this a bit as I’ve noted above – some like to use 2 whole eggs, egg whites included, instead)
- Freshly ground black pepper
In a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, sear the guanciale (or pancetta or bacon), stirring occasionally, until the fat is rendered and the pork is crispy, about 6 to 8 minutes. Reserve warm.
Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a vigorous boil. Add the spaghetti and cook until al dente. Meanwhile, warm a large serving bowl with hot water. Just before the pasta is finished cooking, discard the water in the bowl. Add the guanciale, cheeses and egg yolks to the bowl and whisk to combine. Using tongs, transfer the pasta to the bowl and toss to combine. Add pasta water if needed to smooth out the sauce. Season to taste with pepper and serve immediately.
Noelle’s Tips for Perfect Carbonara
- Dried pasta works better for this dish. Traditionally, bucatini or rigatoni is used. My family used linguine or spaghetti.
- It’s an à la minute dish, but you can shorten the prep time by rendering the fat from the guanciale, pancetta or bacon the night before. Make sure the pork is crispy. After you sear off the pork, drain on a paper towel, let fat cool and reserve. If you reserve overnight in the refrigerator, you must make sure that it comes to room temperature before using and whisk with egg yolks, cheese, pepper.
- The trickiest part of this recipe is learning how to avoid scrambling the eggs. Through my travels, cooking in various Italian restaurants and experimenting at home, I found one way to help reduce the chances of scrambling the eggs is to take some of the pork fat from the pan and whisk just enough fat to coat the room temperature egg yolks. Then add the cheese, freshly ground pepper, the rest of the pork fat and small amount of pasta water (be careful not to add too much pasta water or the eggs will still scramble). Then, you can incorporate egg and cheese mixture into the hot pasta (off the direct heat of the stove).
- The addition of reserved, hot pasta water at the end is important to get the creamy consistency in the dish.
- With such a simple dish, each ingredient plays an integral role in this recipe: taste the cheese and cooked pork for level of intensity and saltiness, note the color of egg yolks for richness and grind black pepper with a pepper mill.
- When you think the dish is ready to serve, taste it – of course – and add a touch more black pepper. You should be able to taste the pepper in this dish. What better marriage than pasta and cheese with bacon and eggs?!
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OLIFE ULTIMATE
*Fares are subject to change on 3rd April 2023. OLife Ultimate is valid until 30th April 2023 and available for select categories on select voyages and is capacity controlled. Ask for OLU special. All fares are per person in CA dollars, valid for residents of United States and Canada, based on double occupancy; except fares for Solo categories are for a single traveler and are based on single occupancy – and may be withdrawn at any time. Free Internet amenity does not include streaming and includes one login per stateroom, except Owner’s, Vista & Oceania Suites, which receive two logins per suite. OLife Choice amenities are per stateroom, based on double occupancy and subject to change; except OLife Choice amenities for single travelers who are booked in a Solo category, and are at the per guest rate. OLife Choice free shore excursions vary by voyage and exclude Oceania Select, Oceania Exclusive, Executive Collection, Food & Wine Trails, Wellness Discovery Tours by Aquamar, Go Local, Go Green, Beyond Blueprints and Culinary Discovery Tours. Voyages up to 9 days receive 4 free shore excursions; 10-13 days receive 6 free shore excursions; 14+ days receive 8 free shore excursions, except for a single traveler booked in a Solo category, and are at the per guest rate. If shore excursion amenity is selected, all excursions must be chosen at least 14 days prior to sailing. OLife Choice beverage package amenity is House Select. Guests in the same stateroom must choose the same OLife Choice amenity, and amenity must be chosen by final payment. Not all promotions are combinable. 2 for 1, OLife Choice and Cruise-Only Fares are based on published Full Brochure Fares; such fares may not have resulted in actual sales in all suite and stateroom categories and do not include optional charges as detailed in the Guest Ticket Contract. Cruise-Only Fares do not include OLife Choice amenities or airfare. All Fares include government fees & taxes. It applies to intercontinental flights only and is priced per person, each way, on select voyages from select gateways, open to all categories for Europe embark and/or disembark ports only, based on availability. Not all amenities will be available on all carriers. “Airfare” includes ground transfers, and offer applies to coach, roundtrip flights only from the following airports: ATL, BOS, CLT, DCA, DEN, DFW, DTW, EWR, IAH, IAD, JFK, LAX, LGA, MCO, MDW, MIA, ORD, PHL, PHX, SAN, SAV, SEA, SFO, TPA, YOW, YUL, YVR, YYZ. Oceania Cruises reserves the right to assign gateways based on availability for JFK, LGA and MIA. Gateways are subject to change at any time. Airfare is available from all other U.S. and Canadian gateways for an additional charge. Free Roundtrip Airport Transfer offer is only available when OLife Choice Airfare is purchased through Oceania Cruises. Roundtrip Airport Transfer is included only for the above gateways. “Airfare” includes all airline fees, surcharges and government taxes. Airline-imposed personal charges such as baggage fees may apply. The privacy and protection of personal data is very important to us, and we collect, use, share and secure that data as described in our privacy policy, which is available on our website at OceaniaCruises.com/legal/privacy-policy. Oceania Cruises reserves the right to correct errors or omissions and to change any and all fares, fees, promotions and surcharges at any time. Ships’ Registry: Marshall Islands.