Here's everything you need for this savory Cacio e Pepe. You only need twenty minutes from start to finish for this amazing pasta. If you do not have Romano Cheese you can always use Parmesan.
Let's Get Started…
Ingredients To Gather:
- 12 ounces spaghetti
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- ⅔ cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese
- Salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper (lots of it), to taste
Directions To Follow:
- Start by boiling salted water in a large pot. Then, add the spaghetti and cook for between 8 and 10 minutes, or until it's al dente. While you're cooking the pasta, take softened butter and mash it together with the olive oil and Pecorino cheese in a large bowl.
- Drain the pasta and set aside 1/2 cup of the cooking water from the pasta.
- Combine the spaghetti and the butter mixture, tossing well so that the pasta is coated.
- Add the pasta water you saved and add to this as needed so that a sauce that's thick and creamy.
- Finish by seasoning the pasta with plenty of black pepper.
Finished!
Your guests will never guess that you spent less than half an hour in the kitchen and that you didn't have to use any fancy or hard-to-find ingredients to make this incredible pasta.
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