Hello everyone! I’m back! Thanks for being patient with me while I took some time off from the blog world – you will get something good out of this wait, I promise! (*cough* free pattern Friday, anyone?)
On to this recipe – it’s really just Spaghetti with Cheese and Pepper but it sounds fancier in Italian, so that’s what I’m gonna go with. This is a super simple recipe and it further reinforces the fact that sometimes the simple recipes are the best. I spotted this recipe on Smitten Kitchen (where else?) not long ago when I was looking for quick, cheap, healthy, vegetarian recipes. Ok. Ok. Maybe not ‘healthy’ as much as tasty. I figured I didn’t have anything to lose with this recipe, I mean, it has spaghetti, pepper, pecorino romano cheese, butter, pepper and olive oil. All fairly common ingredients in our household. So simple, and yet so delicious! I couldn’t stop eating it and even had some for leftovers the next day (which were good, but not quite as good as it was the day of). The only thing I would note is that you are going to get the best taste from freshly ground black pepper – this is a case of so few ingredients that you want to use the best available to you. I think this is a perfect recipe to have around as a ‘stand-by, just in case’ recipe . . . you know, just in case you don’t feel like cooking a full meal but still don’t want to spend an exorbitant amount of money on take out! Simple, easy and tasty. You can’t beat that!
Recipe for Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe
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I’m going to make this this week! I got some spaghetti from the clearance shelf at HEB and this would be so easy and yummy!
You’re going to like it! Just make sure you do step back when you drop the spaghetti into the olive oil! It splatters like crazy!
Hi friend! I’ve made that same pasta before, and it was SO good, yet SO simple! As a side I made spinach w/ white beans. You can see my post here: http://thehappygilmores.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/cacio-e-pepe-and-spinach-with-white-beans/
Hope you’re well!
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