Pasta Carbonara with bacon lardons, parmesan cheese and eggs. If you like pasta, you will love this 20-minute Italian dish. No cream, no complicated sauces, just the real deal. The creamy carbonara sauce can't be any simpler, it just uses eggs and parmesan, no actual cream. It's a delicious midweek dinner that everyone can cook, even complete beginners, and it caters for all tastes and budgets. Spaghetti is the usual choice, but any kind of pasta would do.