Pasta with Caramelized Onions, Pecorino Romano, and Black Pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2017

The key to quicker caramelized onions is the ingredient we least expected: water.

SERVES 4

TIME 45 minutes

Pasta with Caramelized Onions, Pecorino Romano, and Black Pepper

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This quick pasta gets its bold flavor from a handful of simple ingredients. Caramelized onions provided complex sweetness. We accented that sweetness by blooming coarsely ground black pepper in butter before stirring it into the onions, and...

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