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Cooking & Baking

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Old Crank

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Tue Mar 4, 2025, 10:48 AM Mar 2025

Made the 4 Roman pastas. [View all]

Not all at once.

Pasta alla Gricia, Speck and pepper plus cheese for serving.
Cacio e pepe, Cheese and pepper
Carbonara, Speck, egg and cheese
Al'amatriciana, Speck, onion, garlic, and cheese

I got a hold of the special speck, Guanciale, from the pig's jowls, pricey. and used the prescribed Pecorino Romano.

All are very good and quite simple to make. Generally inexpensive, except for the speck, but not much is used.
The tricky part is combinign the cheese into the sauce without it forming little balls of rubber.

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Made the 4 Roman pastas. [View all] Old Crank Mar 2025 OP
I've only ever had Cacio e pepe CanonRay Mar 2025 #1
If you have Carbonara Old Crank Mar 2025 #2
I can't get speck where I live. CanonRay Mar 2025 #3
Quality thick cut bacon, lightly smoked would work. Old Crank Mar 2025 #4
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