Carbonara for children
Carbonara with ham, courgettes, vegetables. Suitable for children aged one year and over. Here are three different recipes to prepare, on the occasion of the Carbonara Day of 6 April, a carbonara suitable for small children, from one to two years old.
Can children eat carbonara?
The answer is no. It would be better to avoid. Small children should not eat raw egg and bacon is a very fatty cured meat. Cooked ham as an alternative would be preferred. Even pecorino is usually not always popular with children, due to its very strong flavor.
Here are some variations of carbonara that we can also offer to children.
In this article
- Carbonara with ham
- Carbonara with courgettes
- Carbonara with vegetables
- Carbonara without eggs
Carbonara for children with ham
Do not be horrified by lovers of pasta alla carbonara: this is a reinterpretation of carbonated designed in a child's key. Specially designed for one / two year olds.
The child's first carbonara pasta
So, no raw egg, no pepper, the bacon is replaced with cooked ham and optionally, pecorino (if the child likes it, but usually the taste is too strong) or parmesan.
Depending on the preferences of the child, you can choose to blend or put the ham into pieces.
We can decide not to put all the salt, since the Parmesan already gives the right flavor to the dish.
Ingredients
Doses for 1 serving
- 1/2 cup of broken noodles,
- 1 tablespoon of egg yolk,
- 1 tablespoon of liquid cream (to be replaced if you have preferences with extra virgin olive oil),
- 1 slice of pureed cooked ham,
- 1 teaspoon of grated Parmesan cheese,
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How to prepare it
Boil the spaghetti in salted water. In a bowl, beat the egg yolk with the cream, the chopped ham and the Parmesan.
Drain the spaghetti and pour hot into the bowl so that the egg can cook in time, mixing well before serving. If the egg has not cooked, put it back on the heat briefly for safety.
Also read other recipes for one to two year olds.
Zucchini children's carbonara
If you prefer a variant with vegetables, you can try this carbonara for children with zucchini.
Doses for 1 serving
- 1/2 cup of broken noodles,
- 1 tablespoon of egg yolk,
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil,
- 1 courgette into small pieces
- 1 teaspoon of grated Parmesan cheese,
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How to prepare it
Boil the spaghetti in salted water. In a bowl, beat the egg yolk with the Parmesan. Sauté the courgette already cut and pieces apart with the oil.
Drain the spaghetti and pour them boiling into the bowl, add the courgette and mix well before serving.
Carbonara for children of vegetables
Do you prefer a more colorful and vitamin-rich variant? Here is a recipe for making the vegetable carbonara for children with zucchini, carrots and leeks.
Doses for 1 serving
- 1/2 cup of broken noodles,
- 1 tablespoon of egg yolk,
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil,
- 1/2 courgette into small pieces
- 1/2 carrot into small pieces
- 1 piece of leek
- 1 teaspoon of grated Parmesan cheese,
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How to prepare it
Boil the spaghetti in salted water. In a bowl, beat the egg yolk with the Parmesan. Sauté the chopped leek, the chopped courgette and the carrot separately with a drizzle of oil.
Drain the spaghetti and pour them boiling into the bowl, add the vegetables and mix well before serving.
Finta carbonara: the recipe for carbonara without eggs
Do you prefer to remove the eggs from the carbonara recipe? Here is a variant always designed for the little ones.
Doses for 1 serving
- 1/2 cup of broken noodles,
- 50 g of cream cheese
- saffron or turmeric
- 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil,
- a slice of cooked ham
- 1 teaspoon of grated Parmesan cheese,
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How to prepare it
Boil the spaghetti in salted water. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese with the saffron (or turmeric, it will serve to color the cheese), the chopped ham and the Parmesan.
Drain the spaghetti and pour hot into the bowl, mixing well before serving.
Read also: Carbonara in pregnancyTAG:
- first dishes
- food
- spaghetti carbonara
- 1 year
- 1-2 children years
