No matter how great a sauce you can make if you don t sauce your pasta correctly you re missing out on one of life s greatest pleasures. The key word here is vigorously to achieve a silky smooth pasta instead of a gloppy one put your cacio e pepe skills to work divide among shallow bowls and sprinkle with nori or furikake if using. Back to pepe vandel s spaghetti sauce recipe. If you were to watch a practiced hand make cacio e pepe you might think the instructions were as simple as this. Bring 3 quarts water to a boil in a 5 qt.
View recipe photo by chelsie craig food styling by kat boytsova. For sauce with meatballs shape 6 pounds ground beef into balls. A creamy eye rollingly rich pasta sauce that tastes deeply lobstery but even more deeply of love. When the sauce is ready add back your drained pasta directly to the pan and mix vigorously. The mixing motion will further emulsify and thicken the sauce by pulling in bits of starch from the pasta mixing pasta and sauce directly in the pan rather than pouring sauce over a plate of pasta is a crucial finishing step for that restaurant.
Cook spaghetti and drain. Pasta heated in the skillet with sauce has a vastly different and superior flavor and texture compared with pasta that is simply sauced on the plate. It is a family favorite. This recipe was brought back from italy by my husband s grandfather. But we all know that the simplest recipes can often be the most confounding and so it is with cacio e pepe.
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Conversely even a so so jarred marinara sauce can be improved upon by finishing it off right. Conversely even a so so jarred marinara sauce can be improved upon by finishing it off right. Pepe vandel s spaghetti sauce i f you ve never heard of it don t worry until about two months ago neither had i. Cook spaghetti and drain. View recipe photo by chelsie craig food styling by kat boytsova.
Here s how to make it perfectly every time. No matter how great a sauce you can make if you don t sauce your pasta correctly you re missing out on one of life s greatest pleasures.