Carbonara (again) but without cream version this time

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7591/twostep-carbonara

Got that from bbc recipes, it claimed to be the most tradition Carbonara, actually I doubt with that. In Italy, the same dish will be different due to location.
Using the example of Ragu ('the bolognese') [actually the word bolognese only means Bologna.] In Bologna they claimed to make the most original version, but in Modena (a city very near to it), they use cream and milk to make this dish.

However this version of carbonara is more cheesy n creamy than the one with cream, and you can actually taste the flavour of cheese. It looks a bit heavy but then could make it less heavy by reducing the stickiness of pasta(the adding water part in the link). Actually there's too much pancetta in that one I made, it was a little bit over seasoned and no cream to neutralize it. Perhaps a little bit of herbs could help.