Guide to Make Cacio e Pepe in 27 Minutes at Home

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, cacio e pepe. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Alright all you cacio e pepe purists, it's GOOD and EASY. And quite frankly that's all that matters. I've been wanting to try Cacio e Pepe - though according to some reviewers I still haven't.

Cacio e Pepe is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Cacio e Pepe is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cacio e pepe using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cacio e Pepe:

1. Make ready 2 TSP Black Peppercorns,
2. Take 5 Pink Peppercorns,
3. Take 200 g Good Quality Linguine,
4. Prepare Sea Salt, For Seasoning
5. Make ready Pecorino Romano Freshly Grated, A Good Handful

Cacio e Pepe is a simple Roman pasta dish that is easy to make and tastes absolutely heavenly. This recipe is authentic as it comes and is the perfect version of Cacio e Pepe to make at home. The name is cacio e pepe: cheese and pepper. The addition of garlic changes the dish but it is still tasty.

Steps to make Cacio e Pepe:

1. In a skillet over medium heat, add in black and pink peppercorns. - - Toast until aromatic. - - Transfer into a mortar and grind the peppercorns coarsely with pestle. - - Set aside.
2. In the same skillet over medium heat, add 400ml of hot water and 100g of linguine. - - Season the water with salt until the water taste like the ocean. - - Cook the pasta until al dente.
3. Remove the pasta. - - What you are left with is starchy pasta water. - - Do not discard this water. - - Add hot water into the pasta water until it reaches 400ml.
4. Add in the remaining 100g of pasta. - - Taste the water if any more salt is needed. - - Cook until the pasta is al dente.
5. It is simple calculation that when the pasta is almost al dente, the liquid will almost evaporate. - - Add in the ground pepper.
6. Toss to combine well. - - Remove from heat. - - Toss in the cheese. - - Transfer into serving plate. - - Serve immediately.

If you were to watch a practiced hand make cacio e pepe, you might think the instructions were as simple as this: Cook spaghetti and drain. Toss with olive oil, butter, black pepper, and grated Pecorino. When making cacio e pepe, less is more. Cacio e pepe an elemental Roman pasta dish, which takes its spiciness from cracked black pepper toasted in oil. Cacio e pepe is the most divine pasta dish made with simple, high quality ingredients.

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