Cacio E Pepe
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
2 plates
- Serves:
- 2
ingredients
- 2 cups pasta (any kind, try tortiglioni)
- 5 tablespoons pecorino romano cheese
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
directions
- Cook the pasta al dente; drain. Put the put back on the stove. Immediately sprinkle the finely grated cheese over the pasta, and mix in some of the water used to boil the pasta, until the cheese melts into a light, almost watery, creamy sauce. Grate pepper on top.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
James Elkins
United States
I cook mainly Szechuan and southern Chinese food, but I am a fan of those very simple, old-fashioned dishes that predate the cooking renascence.