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Easy Cacio e Pepe

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Easy Cacio e Pepe

Just three ingredients, but technique-dependent — toss the hot pasta with pecorino and starchy pasta water off the heat, or the cheese seizes into clumps instead of a silky sauce.

Total time
15 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
10 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Italian
vegetarian

Ingredients

400gspaghetti
2 cupspecorino romano, finely grated
2 tbspcracked black pepper

Instructions

1

Cook pasta until just al dente.

2

Reserve some of the starchy pasta water before draining.

3

Toast black pepper briefly in a dry pan.

4

Toss hot pasta with pecorino and a splash of pasta water off heat until glossy and emulsified.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
616
Protein
35.4g
Fat
31.7g
Carbs
35.2g
Fiber
1.8g
Sodium
1456mg

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