Cacio e Pepe
Comfort food couldn’t get simpler than this Cacio e Pepe recipe. But don't fooled, “simple” in this context doesn’t take anything away from this recipe.
Servings: 4
Calories: 409kcal
Ingredients
- 8 oz. spaghetti noodles
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons salted butter cut into pieces
- 1 cup finely grated pecorino or parmesan cheese
- 1-2 teaspoons freshly cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Add 1 teaspoon salt to a pot of boiling water and add spaghetti. Cook according to package instructions until done (al dente is preferred).
- Before draining pasta, remove 2 cups of the boiling, starchy pasta water from the pan and set aside. Drain remaining water from pasta and discard.
- Add the butter and 1 cup of the reserved pan water back into the pot with the pasta. Swirl gently to combine.
- As the butter melts, add half of the cheese and 1 teaspoon of pepper to the pasta and continue stirring. The pasta will become creamy as the cheese and butter melt into the hot pasta water.
- Add the remaining cheese and additional pepper if you’d like and stir until the ingredients are well combined and most of the cheese has melted into the sauce.
- Serve immediately. Garnish with a sprinkle of cheese, salt, and/or pepper if you’d like.
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Nutrition
Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 1085mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 545IU | Calcium: 312mg | Iron: 1mg