Topping recipe

Tonda Carbonara

Garlic oil, Fresh whole-milk mozzarella, Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano, Guanciale, cut into short strips, Egg yolks. Scaled for 1 pie.

1 piePizza Tonda12"Garlic oil

Build each pie

After the dough is shaped

1pie

Pizza size

base

Garlic oil

2 tsp10 g

Cheese

Fresh whole-milk mozzarella

about 2½ oz, torn and patted dry70 g

Cheese

Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-ReggianoPecorino Romano, for the cream

⅓ cup, finely grated25 g

Toppings

Guanciale, cut into short stripsRendered in a pan until just starting to crisp; save the fat

about 2 oz50 g

Finishing

Egg yolksWhisked with the pecorino, a spoonful of the guanciale fat and plenty of pepper

2 yolks36 g

Black pepper, coarsely ground

½ tsp1 g

Make the base

Scaled for 1 pie · 1 batch · Base recipe →

Warm the oil and garlic in a small pan over the lowest heat until the slices barely fizz, about 5 min — pull it before they colour, or the whole batch turns bitter. Stir in the salt and the pepper flakes if you're using them, and let it cool. Brush it on thin; a white pie wants a sheen, not a puddle. Keeps refrigerated 1 week.

Extra-virgin olive oil

scant ½ cup100 g

Garlic cloves, thinly slicedAbout 3 cloves

3 cloves9 g

Fine sea salt

½ tsp2 g

Red pepper flakesOptional

a pinch1 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pie

BeforeBrush the base thinly with oil, dot the mozzarella over it, and scatter the guanciale.
BeforeWhile it bakes, whisk the yolks with the pecorino, a spoonful of warm guanciale fat and lots of pepper until thick.
AfterSpoon the cream over the hot pie straight away and spread it a little; the heat sets it without scrambling.
AfterFinish with more coarse pepper and cut it at the table.

Shopping list

For 1 pie

Extra-virgin olive oil100 g

Garlic cloves, thinly sliced9 g

Fine sea salt2 g

Red pepper flakes1 g

Fresh whole-milk mozzarella70 g

Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano25 g

Guanciale, cut into short strips50 g

Egg yolks36 g

Black pepper, coarsely ground1 g

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