🇮🇹 Italy cuisine · #5
Cacio e Pepe
Time20 min
Serves4
Ingredients4
Rome's simplest pasta — just pecorino, black pepper and starchy pasta water, emulsified into a stunning creamy sauce.
Ingredients
Method
- Cook the pasta in less water than usual, lightly salted.
- Toast the pepper in a dry pan, then add a ladle of pasta water.
- Mix the cheese with a little warm water into a creamy paste.
- Transfer pasta to the pan, take off the heat, add the cheese cream and toss hard with splashes of water until glossy.