Spaghetti alla Gricia recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 pound thick spaghetti 8 ounces guanciale (smoked pork jowl), thinly sliced black pepper to taste 3 ounces finely grated Pecorino Romano cheese, divided
Nutrition Info
- 875.4 caloriescarbohydrate: 85.7 gcholesterol: 73.1 mgfat: 46.9 gfiber: 3.7 gprotein: 25.2 gsaturatedFat: 18.3 gservingSize: -sodium: 276.2 mgsugar: 3.2 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Spaghetti alla Gricia
Directions
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Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally.
While pasta cooks, immediately heat a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add guanciale and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add 1 ladle of pasta cooking water, stir, and cover pan. As pasta cooks, add another ladle of cooking water to the pan with the guanciale to create a sauce.
At about 10 minutes of pasta cooking time, reserve a cup of cooking water and drain pasta. Add spaghetti to the pan with the guanciale, toss, adding reserved cooking water if necessary. Turn off heat. Add 1/3 the Pecorino Romano cheese to the pasta and toss until creamy.
Divide pasta between 4 plates. Top each with remaining Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper. Serve immediately.