Spaghetti alla Gricia

Serves 2 · 10 min prep · 15 min cook

Ingredients

• 8 oz spaghetti
• 4 oz guanciale
• 1 cup Pecorino Romano
• to taste black pepper
• for water salt

Instructions

1. 1Render guanciale crisp.
2. 2Cook pasta; emulsify pecorino with pasta water.
3. 3Toss pasta in guanciale fat, then cheese cream, then pepper.
4. 4The 'white amatriciana'—ancestor energy.