Welcome to the second instalment of Kit’s
Cucina’s Trip to Italy, Rome special.
This instalment, let’s talk about “cacio e pepe”.
While we were in Rome, my wife was thrilled
to remake her acquaintance with this dish; essentially cheese and pepper with
pasta. This is a quintessentially “Rome” (as opposed to Roman) dish. Jane particularly liked it because it
ticked her "simple but tasty" boxes while not being considered a kid’s meal or
pretend food.
That said, this is THE trendy dish of the
moment in Australia – we discovered on our return. The Age/Sydney Morning Herald not only made it the lead recipe in their food supplement last week, but it was the cover dish on their promotion for their Good Food Guide for 2018-19 (pictured here). So here’s my take on it if you would like to be on
the zeitgeist, as it were.
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