A UK recipe for a popular Roman pasta dish has sparked fury in Italy after it allegedly botched the meal by adding two additional ingredients.
The cacio e pepe recipe on Good Food, formerly owned by the BBC, branded the traditional pasta a 'store cupboard favourite' and advised readers they could whip it up using four simple ingredients - spaghetti, pepper, parmesan and butter.
But Italians have hit back with fury. The real deal, they say, uses just three ingredients - tonnarelli pasta, black pepper, and pecorino Romano.
Now, Fiepet Confesercenti, the leading trade association for Italian restauranteurs, is demanding an official correction, claiming the post misleads readers and disrespects Italian tradition.
They have even raised the issue with the British Embassy in Rome in a bid to 'safeguard this iconic dish'.
