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Creamy carbonara: 3 top tips from chef Barbara Agosti – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay


If you are a die-hard carbonara enthusiast (who can blame you), one creamy carbonara it’s the bet you want to win every time you make it. We asked for advice chef Barbara Agostiwhich has just opened its second restaurant in Milan Eggswhere this recipe has pride of place.

Barbara Agosti’s Eggs restaurant, in Milan

Piedmontese by birth, Roman by adoption, Barbara Agosti chose via Solferino 35 for her second Eggs restaurant, whose name leaves no doubt.

Here you can indulge yourself because you will find not only many recipes in which eggs are the protagonists, but also a dozen different versions of pasta carbonara from which to choose. They are all collected in a dedicated menu and divided by color: there is the orange carbonara with courgette flowers; the purple one with duck breast instead of bacon; the green one with artichoke or broccoli or courgette, depending on the season; the white one, potato spaghetti with pecorino cream

Among these, the real curiosity is that the chef also included the recipe that The Italian kitchen published on its pages in 1954, made with Gruyere, bacon and garlic, and which is one of the most requested among those it offers.

5 places to grill in Milan and surrounding areas: top equipped areas – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay


Parks, oases, farmhouses, green and sunny expanses: they are there 5 places to grill in Milan and surrounding areas where you can rent spaces equipped for barbecues together. The choice is varied: from just renting the pitches to the possibility of having all the equipment in use, up to the purchase of excellent meats. An outdoor barbecue is the perfect idea to face a weekend in the city, surrounded by greenery, like a small holiday!

Do you want some ideas for putting something original on the grills? There are not only sausages and salamis even if they are undoubtedly great classics that are difficult to give up. However, if you also want to try something different, read our article Grilling not just meat: fish, vegetables and fruit in 50 ideas.

5 places to grill in Milan and surrounding areas

The Agrigriglia with shop in Cascina Reina

Photo: Cascina Reina website.

In the province of Bergamo, but ¾ of an hour from Milan, Cascina Reina offers its customers real gazebos equipped for organizing great barbecues. In addition to the names of the seven dwarfs (for the few who can remember them all!) the gazebos bear names that recall the fairy tale of Snow White and have a cost that varies from €8 to €12 per person.

A free tasting is always available where you can taste cured meats, sip good wine and drink a coffee.

The price also includes the rental (with deposit) of some tools such as tongs, baking tray, meat box and unlimited wood. The use of the gazebos is subject to the purchase of meat on site; Cascina Reina is in fact an agricultural shop selling white meat, pork, beef and cheese.

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