This 4-ingredients pasta cacio e pepe recipe is a delicious creamy dish of pecorino Romano cheese and pepper with spaghetti pasta for an easy weeknight meal.

Ingredients:

Pepper

Cheese

Water

Pasta

1

Toast some peppercorns over low to medium heat for about 2 minutes or until it becomes very aromatic.

2

Set aside to cool slightly before grinding it down using a spice grinder or a mortar and pestle and the size of it varies from small grind to coarse grind. Set aside.

3

Add some of the pecorino cheese to a medium-size sauté pan along with some crushed pepper.

4

Pour in some pasta water into the pan and mix using a rubber spatula or spoon until it is combined and emulsified. Set aside.

5

Boil the pasta according to its package and then add it in potions to the pan with the cheese sauce so as to not overload it with pasta water.