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Cacio e Pepe

Name: Cacio e Pepe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 17 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 400 g tonnarelli or spaghetti; 200 g pecorino romano; 2 tsp black peppercorns

Three ingredients. Pasta, pecorino and black pepper. The hardest simple dish to master.

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Chef Marcus

Prep 5m · Cook 12mServes 2Challenging

italian pasta vegetarian classic simple

Ingredients

Serves 2

400 g tonnarelli or spaghetti
200 g pecorino romano, finely grated
2 tsp black peppercorns, freshly cracked

Cook

Method

1
Toast cracked peppercorns in a dry pan for 1 minute. Add a ladleful of pasta water and reduce.
3 min
2
Cook pasta until very al dente. Reserve lots of pasta water.
9 min
3
Transfer pasta to the pepper pan off the heat. Add pecorino in stages, tossing vigorously with splashes of pasta water until a creamy sauce forms. Serve immediately.
3 min

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