This luxurious butter pasta isn’t just for kids.

My kids will eat it in silence and it’s luxurious enough to serve to adult guests.

What Is Nutritional Yeast?

bowl of cacio e pepe pasta

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It’s an inactive yeast that’s grown on sugar cane and beet molasses.

Even if you dont use any cheese, youll get a big boost of cheesy flavor.

First, the water will boil faster.

Vegan Cacio e Pepe Topped with Cracked Pepper on Plate with Some of Pasta Wrapped around a Fork

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Continue stirring for four to five minutes until the butter takes on a lightly golden colorthis is calledbrown butter.

Take the skillet off the heat so that the butter stops browning and doesnt burn.

Stir in one heaping tablespoon of nutritional yeast and a few cracks of black pepper.

Scoop out the cooked pasta with tongs or a strainer and add it to the skillet.

Stir to coat the pasta with the butter.

Scoop out about 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water and stir it into the pasta until luxuriously silky.