Classic Italian cacio e pepe — creamy gluten-free pasta with Parmesan cheese and black pepper, simple and impressive. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free pasta.
⏱ 20 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early), until al dente.
⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
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Reserve 3¼ tbsp cooking water before draining.
⚙ Saving the cooking waterLadleorMeasuring cup
💡The cooking water is starchy: a spoonful or two binds the sauce to the pasta or the gnocchi and makes it glossy.
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Drain.
Colander
To assemble
4
Toast the black pepper in a dry skillet over medium heat 30 seconds, stirring, until it is fragrant.
⚙ Dry-Pan ToastingStoveFrying pan
💡Toast over medium heat and keep things moving: nuts, pine nuts and spices go from toasted to burnt in seconds. Transfer to a plate right away, since the hot pan keeps toasting.
5
Pour a little of the cooking water into the pan, transfer the drained pasta to it and toss.
Stove
6
Turn off the heat and gradually add the cheese, tossing quickly and adding more cooking water, until the cheese melts into a creamy sauce that coats the pasta.
7
Serve immediately with extra coarsely ground black pepper.
512calories
26 gprotein
72 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 20%● carbs 57%● fat 22%
Per serving (148 g), of 4 servings
For the Cooked pasta · To assemble ·
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Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Pot· Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
Colander· Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
Ladle or Measuring cup· one of them
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