US EditionCacio E Pepe: Good Food Pasta Recipe Sparks Fury in Italy
METROPOLITAN CITY OF ROME, LAZIO, AUG 6 – Italian restaurateurs demand a correction after a UK food website added butter and parmesan to cacio e pepe, a dish traditionally made with only three ingredients, officials said.
- A British website Good Food published a recipe for cacio e pepe that included incorrect ingredients, sparking outrage in Italy in 2024.
- The dispute emerged because the classic Roman recipe includes only noodles, freshly ground pepper, and pecorino Romano cheese, whereas the criticized version incorporated ingredients like butter, parmesan, and cream.
- Fiepet Confesercenti, representing Italian restaurants, sent letters to Immediate Media and the British ambassador demanding correction to protect this iconic dish.
- Claudio Pica likened the recipe change to Italians mixing whisky with a soft drink and insisted that the original recipe should be restored immediately.
- The incident highlighted tensions over preserving culinary tradition and raised diplomatic displeasure but left unclear what consequences the dispute might produce.
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A restaurant association even contacted the British Embassy in Rome about Good Food's cacio e pepe recipe.
Cacio e pepe is a classic Italian pasta dish. But the way the British website Good Food prepares it has given Italian chefs "a heart attack." The president of a restaurant federation has contacted the British ambassador in Rome about the "misleading recipe" on the BBC website.
Italians call the British embassy after two controversial ingredients added to pasta recipe - The Mirror
A recipe for cacio e pepe, a dish made up of pasta, black pepper, and pecorino cheese, was posted on the Good Food website, a popular place for Britons to discover new recipes.
The cacio e pepe is a serious thing. In the last few hours many have jumped on the chair reading the recipe of the BBC that in its culinary section "Good Food" has published mentioning among the ingredients butter and parmesan. A real holiday for lovers of this dish appreciated all over the world. "The pasta cacio e pepe has only three ingredients: pasta, pecorino and pepper. There is not even oil. In Rome, then, it is said that the pasta butter…
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