Cacio e Pepe with Peas

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
  2. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs.
  3. When draining keep the pasta water for the sauce!!!!!
  4. In a large skillet. Preferably a non stick skillet not a cast iron. Cast iron will be too heavy to toss the pasta later. Add 1 TBSP of olive oil. Heat to medium.
  5. Add peas and sauté until thawed. If you are using the salami you can cook it slightly here with the peas. Remove peas from pan and set aside.
  6. Add your freshly grounded black pepper to the pan and toast the pepper on medium heat for 1 minute.
  7. Add 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water to the skillet where the black pepper is. Then add in the pasta. Toss to combine.
  8. In a large bowl combine 1 cup of reserved pasta water to your grated cheese. Stir to combine.
  9. Add the grated cheese mixture to the pasta. Toss to combine.
  10. Cook until cheese melts, about 30 seconds.
  11. Add peas and salami to the pasta. Toss to combine.
  12. Plate: Place pasta on a plate and top with more freshly grated Percorino cheese and black pepper.

Notes

  1. Bronze dyed pastas will absorb more water, provide a starchier water for your sauce, and possibly a rougher texture for your sauce to cling onto. Here’s a good video by Ethan Chlebowski explaining this.

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