Cacio e Pepe, Cheese and Pepper
Cacio e Pepe, Cheese and Pepper

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Literally "cheese and pepper", this minimalist cacio e pepe recipe is like a stripped-down mac and cheese. Today we'll be preparing Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe. It has very few ingredients: spaghetti, pecorino romano cheese and black pepper, but the secret to perfecting this dish is adding the right ratio of cheese and water used to boil the pasta to form a creamy sauce. Literally translated, cacio e pepe means "cheese and pepper" in Italian.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cacio e pepe, cheese and pepper using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cacio e Pepe, Cheese and Pepper:
  1. Take 1 pound spaghetti noodles
  2. Take 8-10 ounces shredded parmesan or Pecorino Romano cheese
  3. Take 1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper divided
  4. Prepare 3 tablespoon butter
  5. Make ready 6 quarts water
  6. Get 2 tablespoons salt
  7. Get 1/4 cup extra Virgin olive oil
  8. Take 2 tablespoons extra Virgin olive oil
  9. Take 1 pinch salt for frying pepper

My cheese blend was parmegiano and asiago. But the real killer factor was fresh pasta run through my pasta machine at the thinnest setting and cut as. If you were to watch a practiced hand make cacio e pepe, you might think the instructions were as simple as this: Cook spaghetti and drain. Toss with olive oil, butter, black pepper, and grated Pecorino Romano cheese.

Steps to make Cacio e Pepe, Cheese and Pepper:
  1. Boil the water with 2 tablespoons olive oil, and two tablespoon salt.
  2. Add the spaghetti and stir occasionally. Cook the pasta in the boiling water one minute shy of the package directions, until al dente. Drain the pasta. Save at least 2 cup of the pasta water.
  3. Heat a skillet big enough to be able to hold the spaghetti. Add oil to the skillet. Toast 2 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper. About a minute
  4. Add one cup of pasta water to the pan, then add the cold butter and bring to a simmer.
  5. Stir the sauce continuously so that the olive oil and butter combine.
  6. Stir the sauce continuously so that the olive oil and butter combine.
  7. Add the drained pasta to the sauce and coat the pasta well, add the cheese and toss.
  8. Allow the cheese to melt if to thick add a bit more pasta water.
  9. Season with the rest of the fresh ground black pepper and more cheese if you like. Serve immediately.
  10. I hope you enjoy!! You can use either cheeses or both. This simple recipe can go wrong in many ways. First use good ingredients. Secondly don't let the sauce break. Thirdly don't overthink it, it's a proven recipe that has been around since Rome has, for centuries.

If you were to watch a practiced hand make cacio e pepe, you might think the instructions were as simple as this: Cook spaghetti and drain. Toss with olive oil, butter, black pepper, and grated Pecorino Romano cheese. Cacio e Pepe literally means "cheese and pepper," and this minimalist pasta couldn't be any easier or more delicious! To make Cacio e Pepe, Pecorino Romano is mixed with pasta water, butter and freshly cracked pepper to create a luxuriously emulsified creamy pepper sauce that's out of this world. For years, cacio e pepe defeated me.

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