Pasta Cacio e Uova (Pasta with Cheese and Eggs)

Name: Pasta Cacio e Uova (Pasta with Cheese and Eggs)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons lard or, extra-virgin olive oil; 2 , garlic cloves, lightly crushed and peeled; 2 , large eggs; 1 ounce, Parmesan cheese, grated (½ cup); 1 ounce, Pecorino Romano cheese, grated (½ cup); 2 tablespoons, minced fresh parsley; ¼ teaspoon, table salt, plus salt for cooking pasta; ¼ teaspoon, pepper; 8 ounces (1½ cups), tubetti

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2022, America's Test Kitchen TV

In cacio e uova, a touch of heat transforms simple ingredients into the silkiest sauce.

SERVES4

TIME35 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our pasta cacio e uova, or pasta with cheese and eggs, comes together quickly. We gently heated crushed garlic cloves in lard while the water for the pasta came to a boil. And while the fat became infused with the garlic's flavor, we stirre...

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