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‘Fake’ carbonara sauce causes outrage in Italy (edition.cnn.com)
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Rome — Italians have very strict rules when it comes to making carbonara. The classic combination of Italian pasta, pork and cheese are mixed with egg yolks and pepper preferably just moments before serving to create the perfect dish.

Which is why, when jars of a pale creamy sauce labeled “carbonara” but made in Belgium using non-typical ingredients appeared in a store at the European Parliament — an institution Italy often calls on to protect its traditional foods from imitation — there was outrage.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 months ago

So the problem is that they used smoked, salted pork belly instead of smoked, salted pork jowl? If you're buying jarred sauce I don't think you're concerned about that difference.