Cacio e Pepe 🧀

Cacio e pepe is Italian for cheese and pepper — which is essentially the recipe. I heard it mentioned few times at work and got curious after spending an entire morning reading through recipes online. Uploading a Cacio e Pepe recipe itself nervous me as no two recipes agree on how to do it right. This minimalist dish calls for only a few essential ingredients and it's all about orchestrating fresh ingredients to action at the right timing. This is my second make, and still iterating...
Cacio e Pepe 🧀
Cacio e pepe is Italian for cheese and pepper — which is essentially the recipe. I heard it mentioned few times at work and got curious after spending an entire morning reading through recipes online. Uploading a Cacio e Pepe recipe itself nervous me as no two recipes agree on how to do it right. This minimalist dish calls for only a few essential ingredients and it's all about orchestrating fresh ingredients to action at the right timing. This is my second make, and still iterating...
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. Add 100 g spaghetti.
- 2
Multitasking! While the pasta is cooking, heat a separate shallow pan with oil, and add grated pepper in. Cook for one minute longer.
- 3
When the spaghetti is almost done (a little hard in the middle), add the butter to sauce pan and move it around until fully melted.
- 4
Until the spaghetti is al dente, strain the pasta and add to the sauce pan with some starchy hot pasta water so it doesn't dry out too quickly.
- 5
Give it a good whisk to combine. Then remove pan from heat, wait for 3 minutes.
- 6
Add the cheese, a little at a time, stirring furiously and constantly, until a smooth and creamy sauce forms.
- 7
Divide and serve immediately straight to plates, and add a tiny portion of grated cheese if desire.
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