Cacio e pepe is traditionally made with just four ingredients: Pecorino Romano cheese, black pepper, pasta and pasta water. He encountered creamy cacio e pepe and dry cacio e pepe. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)Before he left on his cacio e pepe quest, Funke tried to put a tonnarelli cacio e pepe on the menu at Rustic Canyon, where he became chef in 2008. But he also makes a cacio e pepe bagel covered in melted jack cheese, black pepper and copious amounts of Pecorino Romano. Cacio e pepe breakfast sandwich from Uncle Paulie’s Deli in Downtown L.A. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)The Uncle Paulie’s Cacio e Pepe is served on a buttered and toasted poppy seed kaiser roll filled with two soft scrambled eggs.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 28, 2021 14:03 UTC