Heavenly cacio e ovo, made according to law laid down by grandma Linda (in the oven, al forno, rather than in a frying pan, alla padella, as is typical in Abruzzo nowadays). Follow Grandma’s recipe which has been passed down three generations – that’s a lot of Easter Sundays.
Prep Time 20 Minutes
Serves 4
Cook Time 20 Minutes
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- Lamb – 600g/22oz of mix of thigh and ribs (bit of bone and a bit of fat)
- White wine – half a glass
- Extra virgin olive oil – 1 tbsp
- Rosemary – 1 sprig
- Garlic – 1 clove
- Eggs – 3
- Parmesan cheese – 100g/3.5oz
- Salt and pepper
Method
- Cut the lamb into chunks roughly 2cm by 2cm (1in by 1in). Cut out any bones and any gristle. Put the nice meat into a mixing bowl and add the white wine, olive oil, rosemary leaves, the garlic in a couple of chunks, 3 big pinches of salt and freshly ground pepper. Mix this and leave for 15 to 20 minutes to marinate
- Now crack your eggs into another bowl and grate in your parmesan, salt and pepper and beat together.
- Preheat the oven at 200oC/400oF/GM6.
- Heat a frying pan and add the meat mixture. Cook on a high heat for 5 minutes covered. Uncover and lower the heat. The aim here is to reduce the liquid right down, cook the meat through and brown it somewhat. So now lower the heat and cook for another 15 minutes or so.
- Grease a circular nonstick deep baking tray with butter. Take the garlic out of the meat mix and then tip it into the tray. Pour over the egg mixture which should cover the meat. Whack the oven up to 240oC/475oF/GM6 and pop the tray in. After 5 minutes turn this down to 200oC and cook for another 15 minutes or when the egg is browned on top. Once it’s cooked turn it out onto a plate and serve.