Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Purist, creamy, full of flavor: Cacio e Pepe is Rome's signature pasta dish. Less is more here—and that's exactly what makes it tricky. We show you how to master this classic dish, why its simplicity makes it an art form, and how to really drive Italian chefs crazy.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:21 The chef
00:44 The recipe
03:45 The origins of Cacio e Pepe
04:32 The taste
05:14 Outro

CREDITS
Report: Shaheen Welling
Camera: Neven Hillebrands
Video editor: Neven Hillebrands
Supervising editor: Jana Oertel

THUMBNAIL
© Natalia Gdovskaia/Zoonar/picture alliance

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