/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>tfw Italian
>can't express any opinion in such threads without making the thread devolve into retarded "HURR DURRR ITALIAN FOOD IS OVERRATED" vs "ITALIAN FOOD IS MASTER RACE" arguments

With that said, we have some sort of "Mac and Cheese" in Italy, but it's done with a very specific kind of cheese, and usually only with small pasta (spaghettini, farfalline, ditalini, conchigliette, etc).
It's something you eat when you're sick or in the winter.
Just eating straight up pasta + cheese on the regular would be seen as disgusting though.

Protip: The pasta shouldn't be on the heat when you add the eggs.
All methods that keep the pot on the heat beyond cooking the pasta result in OP's pic.
You don't use whole eggs, you use one whole + 1 yolk per person.
Beat the eggs with pepper and cheese separately, and pour it over the pasta when it's ALREADY OFF THE HEAT.

I swear the cast iron is just a family heirloom! I don't actually use it