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Pasta alla Gricia — Italian recipe
Pasta alla Gricia, photographed for the Kitchen Pantri cookbook.

Pasta alla Gricia

The oldest of Rome's four classic pastas, and the ancestor of carbonara and amatriciana: rigatoni tossed with slowly rendered, crisp-edged guanciale, its fat emulsified with starchy pasta water into a glossy sauce, then finished with sharp Pecorino Romano and lots of toasted black pepper. Just four ingredients and 30 minutes.

At a glance

Cuisine
Italian
Category
Main
Prep time
Cook time
Total time
Makes
4 servings
Calories
About 730 kcal per serving
Difficulty
Medium

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