Cacio e Pepe
A classic Italian pasta dish featuring cheese and pepper.
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- •Black pepperfreshly ground
- •Pecorino cheesefinely grated
- •Pastahalf-cooked
- •Waterboiling, rich in starch
- 1
Toast freshly ground black pepper in a pan for 30 seconds until fragrant.
1 min
- 2
Add one ladle of hot pasta water to the pan with the pepper to create a base.
1 min
- 3
Mix some hot pasta water with finely grated Pecorino to make a paste.
2 min
- 4
Set the cheese mixture aside.
1 min
- 5
Add half-cooked pasta to the pan with pepper and water, stirring and adding water gradually like risotto.
5 min
- 6
When pasta is al dente, turn off the heat and wait 30 seconds to lower the temperature.
1 min
- 7
Add the Pecorino paste to the pasta, mixing quickly to coat the pasta.
1 min
- 8
Serve immediately.
1 min
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