Name: Cacio e Pepe Compound Butter
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: 1 cup Vermont Creamery Unsalted Cultured Butter, softened; 3 tablespoons black peppercorns, toasted, coarsely ground; 0.25 cup parmesan, grated; 0.25 cup Pecorino Romano, grated

Cacio e Pepe Compound Butter

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Very simple yet very perfect. Like the classic Cacio e Pepe pasta dish, but make it compound butter.

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Unsalted Cultured Butter

Cacio e Pepe Compound Butter

Servings:

1 cup

prep time:

10 mins

Total time:

10 mins

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Ingredients

Vermont Creamery Unsalted Cultured Butter, softened
1 cup
3 tablespoons black peppercorns, toasted, coarsely ground
¼ cup parmesan, grated
¼ cup Pecorino Romano, grated

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Directions

Whip butter using a stand mixer until pale and fluffy. While butter is whipping, toast peppercorns.

Grind toasted peppercorns in a blender, mortar and pestle or spice grinder. Add to butter along with both cheeses. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

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Kayla Phillips Kayla is a chef, storyteller and curator. She began her first pastry business at 19, supplying unique snacks to coffee shops and cafes in her hometown of Phoenix, AZ. At 22, she moved to NYC to pursue her culinary dreams of combining food with different art mediums. Since then, she’s worked for the likes of Christina Tosi of Milk Bar, and Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy, a Michelin-Starred vegetable restaurant. She has created interactive food installations at art galleries, and produced dreamy food content. She now cooks with Ghetto Gastro, a Bronx-based culinary collective that uses ancestral ingredients to shift the food culture. She caters private events and dinner parties, and continues to cook for her loved-ones. Chef Kayla creates everything from an intuitive and spiritual place. She has a "play with your food" attitude when it comes to fresh produce and ingredients, and always lets her dishes narrate the story. What she doesn't have in the form of classic training, she makes up for with her curious mind, playfulness and creativity.

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