Before you start
- Total
- 20 min
- Hands-on
- 20 min
If you start now, it will be ready in 20 min.
Get the ingredients ready
Ingredients
Crush the pepper and toast it in a large frying pan over a gentle heat.
NextBoil the spaghetti in a little lightly salted water, so the water is rich in starch.
Boil the spaghetti in a little lightly salted water, so the water is rich in starch.
NextMix the pecorino with a little warm cooking water into a thick cream.
Mix the pecorino with a little warm cooking water into a thick cream.
NextTransfer the pasta to the pan with the pepper, add a ladle of cooking water and stir.
Transfer the pasta to the pan with the pepper, add a ladle of cooking water and stir.
NextOff the heat, add the pecorino cream and mix vigorously until creamy; serve straight away.
Off the heat, add the pecorino cream and mix vigorously until creamy; serve straight away.
Dinner's ready!
Spaghetti cacio e pepe
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