carbonara

[kahr-buh-nahr-uh; It. kahr-baw-nah-rah]

car·bo·na·ra

[kahr-buh-nahr-uh; It. kahr-baw-nah-rah]
noun, Italian Cookery.
a sauce or dressing for spaghetti, usually containing minced prosciutto or pancetta, egg yolks, and grated cheese.

Origin:
1960–65; < dialectal Italian (alla) carbonara literally, in the manner of the charcoal pit (compare Late Latin carbonaria brazier; see Carbonari); perhaps in reference to the use of leftover grilled meat in the sauce
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carbonara

noun
sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated cheese 
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