Roman pasta

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This Pasta Gricia recipe is one of the pillars of Roman pasta, along with: Carbonara, Cacio e Pepe and Amatriciana! With a creamy pecorino cheese sauce and fine Italian guanciale, you'll love this dish!

Rome is home to a handful of classic pastas, including the Amatriciana sauce, a simple concoction of guanicale, tomatoes, black pepper, and pecorino cheese

Penne Arrabbiata (or Penne all'Arrabbiata) is a classic Roman pasta dish featuring a spicy and garlicky tomato sauce. It's extremely quick and easy to make and packs so much flavor into each bite with only a handful of ingredients.

This pasta is all about the shallots, cooked down in a bath of olive oil to a jammy, caramelized paste. Tomato paste is there for tanginess, and anchovies for saltiness, but they serve more as background flavors to the sweetness of the shallot. This recipe makes enough caramelized shallot mixture for a double batch of pasta, or simply keep it refrigerated to spoon over fried eggs, or to serve underneath crispy chicken thighs or over roasted root vegetables like carrots or sweet potatoes.

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Recipe video above. These days, so many carbonara recipes cheat with cream which is a shame. The traditional method uses raw egg which is mixed vigorously with hot pasta and parmigiana reggiano cheese which transforms into a silky, creamy, luxurious sauce unlike anything you've ever had before. Arguably the best pasta dish in the whole world!This is a pasta that must be eaten straight away to truly experience its magnificence. Serve in warm bowls!

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An iconic dish of the ‘Eternal City’ Roma, cacio e pepe or pasta de pepe simply translates to cheese and pepper pasta. While this dish is definitely not as well known as other Roman classics like Spaghetti alla Carbonara, it is cheesy indulgence at its finest. Cacio e pepe proves you don’t need a long list of elaborate ingredients to create a sauce full of flavour. The traditional base for this sauce sees the inclusion of just 2 ingredients: black pepper and Pecorino Romano cheese. The…