Recipe Tip: Pasta: Cacio e Pepe Macaroni Cheese - Falstaff
Top Recipe for 4 Persons by Wolfgang Puck. All ingredients and tips for getting it right. Austrian-born chef Wolfgang Puck dished this gourmet macaroni cheese recipe up to the stars at the 2020 Oscars.
Ingredients
- 230 gcavatelli pasta
- 2 tablespoonsalt
- 2 tablespoonbutter
- 2 tablespoonflour
- 300 mlwhole milk
- 30 gmatured Vermont White Cheddar, grated (or ordinary mature Cheddar)
- 1 tablespoonParmesan cheese, grated
- ¼ teaspoon(s)pink peppercorns, toasted and ground
- ½ teaspoon(s)black peppercorns, toasted and ground
- ¼ teaspoon(s)green peppercorns
- finely chopped chives to garnish
Instructions
Step 1
Bring 2 to 3 litres of water to the boil in a saucepan, add the salt and cook the pasta for about 8 minutes or until al dente, then strain.Step 2
Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan. Then stir in the flour with a whisk and cook, stirring over low heat for two minutes so that the mixture does not take on colour. Add the milk slowly to the butter and flour mixture and continue to stir until the mixture begins to thicken. The sauce should have a creamy consistency at the end.Step 3
Add the cheddar to the sauce and stir in until melted. Stir in the ground peppercorns.Step 4
Add the pasta to the sauce and finally stir in the Parmesan cheese.Step 5
Season to taste with salt and ground black pepper and serve sprinkled with chives.