# Mezzemaniche, Cacio e Pepe

A quick and delicious Cacio e Pepe pasta dish made with three main ingredients and pantry essentials.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- pinch black pepper
- Pecorino Romano
- Mezzemaniche
- hot water
- pasta water
- cream

## Instructions

1. Add Pecorino Romano and a little pinch of black pepper to a bigger bowl.
2. Slowly incorporate a little bit of hot water at a time and mix everything until it forms a paste.
3. Boil pasta.
4. Toast some black pepper over medium heat.
5. Add a ladle of water to the black pepper, creating a black pepper tea.
6. Once the pasta is al dente, transfer it into the black pepper tea, cooking it in this water.
7. Continue adding pasta water and moving it around until the pasta is completely cooked.
8. Take off the heat and wait two minutes, ensuring a little water is left in the pan.
9. Add the cream, some here, some there.
10. Using a spatula, mix the cream into the pasta.
11. Add a little more black pepper.

## Equipment

- bigger bowl
- spatula
- pan

## Tips

- Wait 2 minutes off the heat with a little water left in the pan before adding the cream.
- The process makes this dish a whole lot easier.
- You can get away with adding more ingredients such as butter, truffle oil or garlic etc.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XuNv9nk4VbE
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8ab2d365-c2d6-416c-8778-6b947cbb675b
- Extracted: 2026-03-24

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