# Cacio e Pepe

This is the only Cacio e Pepe recipe you will ever need, made with only three ingredients and a little bit of technique.

- Total time: 6 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 120 g Pecorino Romano
- 8 g Black peppercorns
- 160 g Spaghetti
- handful sea salt

## Instructions

1. Remove the rind from the Pecorino Romano cheese and set it aside.
2. Grate the Pecorino Romano cheese and set it aside.
3. Add black peppercorns to a mortar and grind them. Set aside three quarters of the ground pepper.
4. Boil water in a pot.
5. Add a handful of sea salt to the boiling water.
6. Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook for 6 minutes.
7. Over low heat, add three quarters of the ground pepper to a pan and lightly toast it.
8. Add a ladle of pasta water to the toasted pepper.
9. Add the cheese rind to the pan.
10. Once the pasta is ready, remove the rind from the pan.
11. Add the pasta to the pan with the pepper broth.
12. Add another ladle of pasta water to the pan.
13. Finish cooking the pasta in the pan until al dente.
14. Once the pasta is al dente, kill the heat.
15. Add the grated cheese little by little, mixing as you go.
16. Adjust the consistency of the sauce with pasta water, if needed.
17. Serve the pasta in a bowl.
18. Pour the sauce over the pasta.
19. Finish with more grated cheese.
20. Finish with the remaining ground pepper.

## Equipment

- knife
- grater
- scale
- mortar
- pestle
- pot
- tongs
- pan
- ladle
- spatula
- bowl
- fork

## Tips

- Make sure the Pecorino Romano is high quality.
- If you don’t have cheese rind it’s great still.
- Once al dente, turn off heat and wait about 10 seconds before adding cheese.
- Move quickly when mixing in cheese, and thin it out with pasta water.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKueOLnxmiK/?igsh=MTdjd2gxeW80cjZhYQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/426b61a0-101b-4ce2-919f-587af4202714
- Extracted: 2025-06-23

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