Pasta with black pepper and Parmesan is a classic Italian dish that is simple to make yet bursting with flavor. The combination of the sharp, nutty cheese and the bold, slightly spicy black pepper creates a taste sensation that is both satisfying and elegant. This dish is perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal or a special occasion dinner. It can be served as a main course or a side dish, and it pairs well with a variety of other dishes. With so many variations on this classic recipe, there is sure to be a version that everyone will enjoy.
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PASTA WITH BLACK PEPPER AND PARMESAN
This recipe, courtesy of chef Cesare Casella of Beppe restaurant in New York City, combines just a few simple ingredients for a surprising degree of flavor.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dinner Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Prepare the pasta: Mound durum flour on a clean work surface. Make a well in the center. Crack eggs into the well. Add 2 tablespoons oil and a pinch each of salt and pepper. With a fork, whisk the eggs, slowly incorporating the flour. Slowly drizzle the water, one tablespoon at a time, into the egg mixture. When the dough holds together, begin kneading the dough to work in the remainder of the flour. Continue to knead until the dough is smooth, about 10 minutes. Form into a ball, and wrap in plastic. Transfer to the refrigerator and chill for 30 minutes.
- Dust a baking sheet with semolina; set aside. Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator. Divide dough into 8 pieces. Roll each piece into a rope, about 1/2 inch thick. Using a sharp knife, slice the dough crosswise into slices 1/16 inch thick. Using your thumb, press the slices into coinlike pieces. They should be slightly larger than a quarter. Transfer to prepared baking sheet; set aside for 30 minutes to dry.
- In a large saucepan, bring chicken stock to a boil. Add the reserved pasta, and cook until al dente, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain; reserving stock. In a large saute pan, heat remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. Add the pasta and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Add 1 1/2 cups reserved stock. Bring to a boil, stirring gently to combine. Reduce the heat to medium low, and let simmer for 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of the cheese and parsley; stir to combine. Let simmer for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat, and ladle into bowls. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Serve immediately.
SIMPLE PASTA WITH PARMESAN
Another stupidly simple side dish made from pantry staples that my family asks for over and over. The savory combination of flavors goes well with many other foods. It can be made with freshly-cooked pasta or with leftover, cooked pasta that has no sauce on it. I've included options for some variations to create not-so-simple but extremely tasty side dishes or complete, one-dish meals by adding ingredients you probably have on hand.
Provided by 3KillerBs
Categories Toddler Friendly
Time 15m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Put pasta into a microwavable dish large enough to give you a little room for stirring and tossing.
- Dot pasta with butter or drizzle with olive oil.
- Sprinkle Parmesan over top. Add plenty of fresh-ground, black pepper.
- Heat in microwave on high 3 to 5 minute at a time, stirring frequently, until thoroughly hot.
- Serve, passing the pepper grinder at the table.
- You can add 1-2 cups of cooked meat (chicken, turkey, and ham are all especially good), and/or 1-3 cups pre-cooked, chopped vegetables. I particularly recommend broccoli, zucchini, onions, and/or green, snap, or snow peas.
PASTA WITH PECORINO AND PEPPER
Provided by Ina Garten
Categories main-dish
Time 20m
Yield 2 dinner servings, 3 appetizer servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place the peppercorns in a mortar and pestle and crush them until you have a mixture of coarse and fine bits. (You can also grind them in a small food mill or coffee grinder.) Set aside.
- Fill a large, heavy-bottomed pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon salt and the pasta and cook according to the directions on the package until al dente. Ladle 1 cup of the pasta cooking water into a glass measuring cup and reserve it. Drain the pasta quickly in a colander and return the pasta to the pot with a lot of the pasta water still dripping.
- Working quickly, with the heat on very low, toss the pasta with 1/2 cup of the grated Pecorino, the crushed peppercorns, cream, butter, parsley, and 1 teaspoon salt, tossing constantly. If the pasta seems dry, add some of the reserved cooking water. Off the heat, toss in the remaining 1/2 cup Pecorino. Serve immediately with a big bowl of extra grated Pecorino for sprinkling.
MUSHROOM AND BLACK PEPPER PASTA
Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 25m
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Bring a pot of water to a boil and salt generously. Add the linguine and cook for 2 minutes less than the package instructions. Reserve 1/4 cup of the pasta water, then drain the pasta. Set the pasta and pasta water aside.
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the mushrooms and garlic and cook until the mushrooms have browned, about 3 minutes. Season with a pinch of salt. Add the cream and Parmesan, then bring to a simmer. Add the pasta and the pasta water and toss together, allowing the sauce to thicken, about 2 minutes. Add the black pepper and toss to distribute. Serve garnished with fresh parsley.
CACIO E PEPE
Whip up a simple cacio e pepe for a speedy lunch. With four simple ingredients - spaghetti, pepper, parmesan and butter - this is a storecupboard favourite
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner
Time 15m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Cook the pasta for 2 mins less than pack instructions state, in salted boiling water. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a medium frying pan over a low heat, then add the ground black pepper and toast for a few minutes.
- Drain the pasta, keeping 200ml of the pasta water. Tip the pasta and 100ml of the pasta water into the pan with the butter and pepper. Toss briefly, then scatter over the parmesan evenly, but don't stir - wait for the cheese to melt for 30 seconds, then once melted, toss everything well, and stir together. This prevents the cheese from clumping or going stringy and makes a smooth, shiny sauce. Add a splash more pasta water if you need to, to loosen the sauce and coat the pasta. Serve immediately with a good grating of black pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 565 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 12 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 75 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 3 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 21 grams protein, Sodium 0.66 milligram of sodium
CACIO E PEPE (SPAGHETTI WITH CHEESE AND PEPPER) RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: salt, spaghetti, olive oil, unsalted butter, coarsely ground black pepper, grated parmesan cheese
Provided by Kiano Moju
Categories Dinner
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta for 1 minute less than the package instructs, until al dente. Save 1 cup (240 ml) pasta water, then drain.
- Heat a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil, butter, and pepper, and stir to combine.
- Stir in the reserved pasta water.
- Toss in the cooked pasta. Reduce the heat to low.
- Add the Parmesan and toss until the cheese is melted and the pasta is well-coated.
- Season with salt, if desired.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 431 calories, Carbohydrate 43 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 17 grams, Sugar 1 gram
SPAGHETTI WITH BUTTER, PARMESAN, AND PEPPER
Categories Pasta Appetizer Quick & Easy Parmesan Gourmet Sugar Conscious Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, stirring occasionally. Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid. Return pasta to pot. Add 1/4 cup reserved cooking liquid, cheese, and butter. Toss over medium heat until cheese melts and sauce coats pasta, adding more reserved cooking liquid if dry, about 3 minutes. Season generously with salt and pepper. Transfer to serving bowl. Garnish with Parmesan shavings, if desired, and serve.
SPAGHETTI WITH PECORINO ROMANO AND BLACK PEPPER
Categories Pasta Vegetarian Quick & Easy Parmesan Gourmet
Yield Makes 4 first-course servings
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Toast peppercorns in a dry small skillet over moderately high heat, swirling skillet, until fragrant and peppercorns begin to jump, 2 to 3 minutes. Coarsely crush peppercorns with a mortar and pestle or wrap in a kitchen towel and press on peppercorns with bottom of a heavy skillet.
- Cook spaghetti in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
- Fill a large glass or ceramic bowl with some hot water to warm bowl. Just before spaghetti is finished cooking, drain bowl but do not dry.
- Reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water, then drain pasta quickly in a colander (do not shake off excess water) and add to warm pasta bowl. Sprinkle 3/4 cup cheese and 3 tablespoons cooking water evenly over spaghetti and toss quickly. If pasta seems dry, toss with some additional cooking water.
- Divide pasta among 4 plates, then sprinkle with pepper and 2 tablespoons cheese (total). Serve immediately with additional cheese on the side.
PARMESAN AND PEPPER PASTA
I like to eat this pasta after it's been refridgerated - it helps bring out the flavors and kick that the red pepper olive oil adds. However, it's still good when it's hot! *By the way - I had to guess on the number of servings and the size. Usually I use half of this amount and it makes two fairly generous servings!
Provided by whit1487
Categories Peppers
Time 5m
Yield 1 1/2 cups, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Bring water to a rolling boil and add a dash of salt and the pasta.
- While the pasta cooks for 8-10 minutes (depending on desired firmness), chop peppers into small chunks. Chop the tomato into about 16 different segments - any smaller, and they will get lost when you mix all the ingredients together.
- Sprinkle peppers and tomato with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Remove pasta from heat, drain water, and empty into a different container. Set aside.
- Using the same pot (this makes sure you get the most flavor, so don't switch pots), put in half a tablespoon of red pepper olive oil and let it coat the bottom. Dump in half of the chopped peppers; stir them in the oil to make sure they are coated.
- Let the peppers cook for about 5 minutes (or until tender), stirring occasionally to make sure they aren't sticking to the bottom. Then empty them into the container with the pasta.
- Add another half tablespoon of red pepper olive oil to the pan, let it coat the bottom, and let the other half of the peppers cook for about 5 minutes. Then empty them into the pasta container as well.
- Add the last half tablespoon of red pepper oil to the pan and let it coat the bottom. Add the tomato chunks. Let them cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour the pasta and peppers back into the pot with the tomatoes and stir.
- Add pasta sauce, parmesan cheese, and pesto. Mix until the pasta is evenly coated.
- Add oregano, basil, and pepper. Mix.
- Refrigerate until cold or eat it now! :).
- It will keep for several days if refrigerated in a tupperware container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 374.5, Fat 3, SaturatedFat 1, Cholesterol 3.3, Sodium 768.5, Carbohydrate 72.6, Fiber 4.4, Sugar 4.7, Protein 14.2
BLACK PEPPER 'N PARMESAN GRISSINI
"Grissini" is Italian for "breadsticks," and they are a thin, crisp breadstick. This recipe has them topped with olive oil, Parmesan cheese and ground black pepper.
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Side Dish
Time 3h
Yield 32
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In large bowl, combine water, yeast and sugar; stir until yeast is dissolved. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Stir in whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour with whisk until mixture is smooth. Cover and let stand in warm place 35 to 45 minutes or until mixture is light and bubbly.
- Stir in 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Add 3/4 cup of the all-purpose flour, gradually adding additional all-purpose flour as necessary to make dough easy to handle.
- Place dough on lightly floured surface. Knead 10 minutes or until dough is smooth and springy. Grease large bowl with oil. Place dough bowl, turning dough to grease all sides. Cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in warm place about 1 hour or until dough is doubled in size. Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.
- Position one oven rack in lower third of oven and second oven rack in upper third of oven. Heat oven to 425°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper.
- Gently push fist into dough to deflate. On lightly oiled surface, pat out dough to 8-inch square. Using pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut square in half. Cut each half crosswise into 16 strips. Roll each strip to 10 to 12-inch length; place on cookie sheet. Brush with 2 to 3 teaspoons olive oil; sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and 1 teaspoon pepper.
- Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown and crisp, moving cookie sheets to other rack position halfway through baking. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Fat 1, ServingSize 1 Grissini, TransFat 0 g
Tips:
- Use high-quality ingredients: The better the ingredients, the tastier the pasta will be. Use fresh black pepper, freshly grated Parmesan cheese, and good quality olive oil.
- Don't overcook the pasta: Al dente pasta is the perfect texture for this dish. Cook the pasta according to the package directions, but be sure to taste it before it's fully cooked to make sure it's not overcooked.
- Use a generous amount of black pepper: The black pepper is the star of this dish, so don't be afraid to use a lot of it. Freshly ground black pepper will give the dish the best flavor.
- Grate the Parmesan cheese fresh: Freshly grated Parmesan cheese will melt better and have a more intense flavor than pre-grated Parmesan cheese.
- Serve the pasta immediately: This dish is best served immediately after it's made. The pasta will start to absorb the sauce and become less flavorful if it sits for too long.
Conclusion:
Pasta with black pepper and Parmesan cheese is a simple but delicious dish that's perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal. With just a few ingredients, you can create a flavorful and satisfying pasta dish that the whole family will love. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy pasta recipe, give this one a try. You won't be disappointed!
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