Kenji Boils Cacio e Pepe in a Frying Pan, No Pot at All
J. Kenji López-Alt makes cacio e pepe without a big pot: noodles boil in a 12-inch frying pan with barely enough water to cover them, then go straight to the sauce with tongs, no draining.
Pots
Pasta pot (deep saucepan / stockpot)
The basic pot for letting the pasta swim in plenty of water. Water volume and how fast it returns to a boil determine how concentrated the pasta water gets.
Typical products
- Miyazaki Seisakusho GEO Pasta Pot 21cm (Japan)
- Endo Shoji deep-sided saucepan 15cm (Japan)
- Miyazaki Seisakusho GEO saucepan 20cm (Japan)
Sources and usage
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Styles that use it
- Chef Jean-Pierre’s Fettuccine Alfredo
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Amatriciana
- GialloZafferano’s Penne all'arrabbiata
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Penne all'arrabbiata
- Pasta Grammar’s Penne all'arrabbiata
- Serious Eats (Daniel Gritzer)’s Penne all'arrabbiata
- Ryuji’s Penne all'arrabbiata
- Tsutomu Ochiai’s Penne all'arrabbiata
- Max Mariola’s Penne all'arrabbiata
- GialloZafferano’s Bigoli in salsa
- Yoshimi Hidaka’s Ragù alla bolognese
- Fabio’s Carbonara
- Yoshimi Hidaka’s Carbonara
- Tsutomu Ochiai’s Carbonara
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Carbonara
- J. Kenji López-Alt’s Pasta alla gricia
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Pasta alla gricia
- Ryuji’s Mentaiko Spaghetti
- Tsutomu Ochiai’s Napolitan
- GialloZafferano’s Pasta alla Norma
- Max Mariola’s Pasta alla Norma
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Pasta alla Norma
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Pasta al Limone
- GialloZafferano’s Pasta al Limone
- Serious Eats (Daniel Gritzer)’s Pasta al Limone
- The Pasta Queen’s Pasta al Limone
- Fabio’s Aglio, olio e peperoncino
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Aglio, olio e peperoncino
- Yoshimi Hidaka’s Pomodoro
- Tsutomu Ochiai’s Pomodoro
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Pomodoro
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Spaghetti allo scoglio
- Serious Eats (Daniel Gritzer)’s Spaghetti allo scoglio
- Max Mariola’s Spaghetti allo scoglio
- Pasta Grammar’s Spaghetti allo scoglio
- Italia Squisita’s Tajarin al tartufo bianco
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Penne alla Vodka
- Not Another Cooking Show’s Penne alla Vodka
- Joshua Weissman’s Penne alla Vodka
- GialloZafferano’s Penne alla Vodka
- Yoshimi Hidaka’s Spaghetti alle vongole
- Tsutomu Ochiai’s Spaghetti alle vongole
- Vincenzo's Plate’s Spaghetti alle vongole