Easy Cacio e Pepe

Name: Easy Cacio e Pepe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g spaghetti; 2 cups pecorino romano, finely grated; 2 tbsp cracked black pepper

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

Cook pasta until just al dente.

Reserve some of the starchy pasta water before draining.

Toast black pepper briefly in a dry pan.

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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