20-Minute Gnocchi Carbonara (Easy, Creamy, Foolproof)

Back when I worked at an Italian restaurant, I’d often get home late at night after a long shift feeling exhausted, but starving. Pasta carbonara was always the perfect solution: affordable, super satisfying, and easy to make. All these years later, it's is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. This particular recipe kicks classic pasta carbonara's cozy factor up a few notches, replacing pasta with pillowy-soft gnocchi dumplings! Between the light and airy gnocchi and the creamy-dreamy carbonara sauce, it's one of the most comforting dishes you can make. The fact that it comes together in 20 minutes or less is just a fun bonus! If you’ve never made carbonara before, trust that you're in very good hands here. This gnocchi carbonara is a quick adaptation of my Tried and True Pasta Carbonara, a recipe I developed using some of the tips and tricks I picked up during my restaurant days. A few secrets – like using egg yolks and tempering the sauce off the heat – help make it especially foolproof. Be sure to check out the blog post, above, for a lot more detail on all of the hows and whys of this recipe. It's quickly become one of my favorite "lazy girl dinners," and I think you'll love it as much as we do. ♡ Happy cooking!

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