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Pasta alla Gricia was explained to me as "pretty much the same thing as pasta all' amatriciana except instead of pepper flakes you use black pepper and instead of tomato you use extra cheese, oh and also don't mess it up!". Also, I almost forgot the most important thing "don't use tongs for the sauce, TOSS IT!!" to which the only right answer to that type of instruction is "yes chef". Now while I'll adhere to that even to this day, Chef never said anything about -not- using a wooden spoon, ha! Even so, the point of this instruction is to avoid smashing at the pasta and sauce, but rather to swirl it in the pan allowing friction to bring the sauce together.
Let's talk about onions and pasta alla Gricia. I like it both ways for different reasons, but secretly the pop of flavor from the onion is special and tasty. There are a handful of sauces that create some debate regarding the use of onion and this is one of them. I'm not going to try and settle it here, just offer you the choice to use or not use that ingredient.
The black pepper. Freshly ground is always the best choice, but there are some distinctions in flavor between varieties.
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