Carla Snyder

Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
One Pan, Two Plates Vegetarian Suppers
One Pan, Two Plates Vegetarian Suppers

By Carla Snyder

Published 2016

  • About

This simplest of pasta dishes requires the best of ingredients, so use a nice imported pasta, good cheese, and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. You’ll be blown away by the flavor, texture, and simplicity of this Italian classic.

Ingredients

  • Kosher salt
  • 8 oz [230 g] thin spaghetti, broken in half
  • ½

Method

  1. In a 3-qt [2.8-L] saucepan over high heat, bring 2 qt [2 L] water to a boil. Add 1 tsp salt and the spaghetti and cook until al dente (usually a minute or so less than the package directions). To check for doneness, fish out a strand and bite into it. It should still be chewy, just a little underdone.
  2. Reserve ½ cup [120 ml] of the cooking water and then drain t

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