Cacio e pepe I ate in Texas.

[u/jami354]

I know…the parsley. Even so, it was incredibly delicious and otherwise correctly prepared. Eaten at Fife and Farro.

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[u/Binty77]

Looks delicious, perhaps even a bit too creamy. I wouldn’t mind the parsley, though!

[u/jami354 → u/Binty77]

Yeah, tbh I didn’t mind the parsley either. But I know it is going to get a lot of downvotes here lol

[u/beegtuna → u/Binty77]

It’s gravy at this point

[u/agmanning]

That parsley isn’t doing anything [offensive] with that amount of cheese and Pepe. This looks awesome.

[u/SleepingBagel]

Looks really good to me. I'd eat it.

[u/TypicalPDXhipster]

Not too much sauce. I would dip bread in it and then lick the plate

[u/jami354 → u/TypicalPDXhipster]

Thank you good sir

[u/TypicalPDXhipster → u/jami354]

I may be a stupid yankee but I like sauce that bleeds out of the pasta. It’s just more goodness to soak up

[u/lo5t_d0nut]

Nothing wrong with some parsley on top, this looks good.

[u/mag8383]

One of my favorite pasta dishes to make and eat!

[u/Used_Mouse_4764]

Delicious!!

[u/BobloblawTx89]

Been wanting to try that spot. Looks pretty wet but I’d still fuck with it.

[u/jami354 → u/BobloblawTx89]

The sauce was really good, so I enjoyed having a little extra. Do indeed fuck with it and as soon as you can!

[u/BobloblawTx89 → u/jami354]

You won’t catch me complaining about extra sauce unless it’s just absolutely drowned haha by the looks of it, I dig their take on the dish. Take it you aren’t from Texas or at least San Antonio so hope you liked the Pearl area. I don’t get down there too often but lots of good stuff that isn’t just Mexican like people picture.

[u/jami354 → u/BobloblawTx89]

It’s definitely worth a trip to Pearl for a visit to this restaurant. Also like the coffee place inside the Pullman Market there

[u/BobloblawTx89 → u/jami354]

Thanks for the recommendation, my lady would love a coffee.

[u/I_Piccini]

That's something new, soup à la cacio e pepe with the unmissable parsley! Yum!

[u/jami354 → u/I_Piccini]

It was great! But sounds like you prefer a cacio e pepe that is more clumped together with a cheese and pepper paste

[u/chosenSith]

not gonna lie aside from the parsley, this looks exactly like the pasta i had at a Figo restaurant in Rome

[u/jami354 → u/chosenSith]

Same here! Went to different restaurants but this looks much the cacios I had in Rome

[u/kneezer010]

Is that sauce all cream?

[u/jami354 → u/kneezer010]

I believe it is an emulsion of finely grated pecorino romano, pasta water, black pepper and parsely

[u/kneezer010 → u/jami354]

That sounds good, I guess. All cream would be way to heavy, imo.

[u/jami354 → u/kneezer010]

Totally agree. I tasted one like that before and wouldn’t recommend it. This one was much better

[u/Nervous-Promise5635 → u/jami354]

To make an emulsion like this the chef must really know what he is doing. I hope he didn't take any shortcuts. However, the appearance is very inviting.

[u/Nervous-Promise5635 → u/Nervous-Promise5635]

Obviously the parsley belongs

[u/jami354 → u/Nervous-Promise5635]

Yes, unlike you 🤌🏻

[u/jami354 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah that is rather well known

[u/kneezer010 → u/[deleted]]

I know you have to save your cream for your carbonara... I was just trying to deconstruct what happened in this dish.

[u/jami354 → u/kneezer010]

Where’d that guy go??? He must not have liked your sarcastic tone 🤌🏻

[u/kneezer010 → u/jami354]

Lol. My sarcasm is a problem on the internet sometimes, but to delete your account over it is a whole new level. :)

[u/bosquelero → u/kneezer010]

Based on the color, probably.

[u/bosquelero]

What is this supposed to be? Weird color too.

[u/jami354 → u/bosquelero]

Read post title please

[u/bosquelero → u/jami354]

I did. That's why I asked. Because it doesn't look like cacio e pepe at all

[u/Baaronlee → u/bosquelero]

You're right, traditional cacio pepe doesn't look like this at all. Texas just doesn't know how to do Italian food. Would I eat this? Yes. Is it traditional cacio pepe? No. Its what most people assume its supposed to be though.

[u/jami354 → u/Baaronlee]

Looks a lot like many of cacio plates I saw in Rome. Please, maestro, describe this elusive traditional cacio e pepe so as to enlighten the people of Texas

[u/Baaronlee → u/jami354]

That one is drowning in sauce. To make this dish, it only requires a couple of tablespoons of pasta water at most, it should not have excess liquid and look like Alfredo, however most people think it's supposed to look like Alfredo.

[u/jami354 → u/Baaronlee]

You are saying that this looks nothing like ‘traditional’ cacio because there is some extra sauce?!? Thank you for enlightening us, maestro!

[u/Wise-Exit-9849 → u/bosquelero]

It’s supposed to be cacio e pepe

[u/simonjexter → u/bosquelero]

There are whole-ass titles to these posts. All you have to do is read those.

[u/bosquelero → u/simonjexter]

Doesn't look like cacio e pepe at all.

[u/hawthorne00]

The skirt of pus is sub-optimal.

[u/jami354 → u/hawthorne00]

As is your face 😂

[u/bosquelero → u/jami354]

Wow, so offensive. Must be american boomer

[u/jami354 → u/bosquelero]

And you must be a detective

[u/bosquelero → u/jami354]

Thanks, appreciate it.

[u/jami354 → u/bosquelero]

Anytime! Thank you for the constructive discourse

[u/hawthorne00 → u/hawthorne00]

I will take my downvotes because that was indeed very undiplomatic. Sorry. I could have and should have said that I thought it was oversauced and left it at that.