Italian researchers have devised a scientific recipe to get cacio e pepe right every time. Simone Frau The best Italian pasta sauces are often the simplest, with cacio e pepe (pecorino cheese and ...

Then mix in the pepper and pasta, and eat. And after perfecting the cacio e pepe recipe, the team are keen to conduct further experiments on other popular Italian dishes. “There’s a recipe ...

"A true Italian grandmother or a skilled home chef from Rome would never need a scientific recipe for cacio e pepe, relying instead on instinct and years of experience," the authors wrote.

At first glance Cacio e pepe looks like a simple recipe containing only three ingredients – pasta, Pecorino Romano cheese and black pepper. Professional pasta chefs and Italian grandmothers have ...

Then mix in the pepper and pasta, and eat. And after perfecting the cacio e pepe recipe, the team are keen to conduct further experiments on other popular Italian dishes. "There’s a recipe ...

They determined the mechanism that causes the cheese sauce to go from creamy to clumpy and developed a foolproof recipe for cacio e pepe based on their findings. For these researchers, their work ...