Michelin-trained chef's hack for the simplest pasta ever stuns TikTok

Michelin-trained chef Poppy O'Toole, who is also known as the Potato Queen, is no stranger to culinary fame, and her latest recipe has all of TikTok swooning.

Lauded as the "simplest pasta of all time" and, according to Poppy, "honestly one of the best," this four-ingredient recipe fills up anyone looking to indulge in noodly goodness.

"Ah! Just look at that," Poppy, who goes by @poppycooks on the video-sharing platform, says as stirs the creamy pasta for the camera. Watch above.

"No words can describe how good that is."

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Poppy then visually walks through the instructions for cacio e pepe, which literally means cheese and pepper in Italian.

The instructions are simple, and it takes less than 20 minutes to make.

All any pasta enthusiast needs to do is grate some parmesan cheese into a pan, add some al dente pasta, and stir it through with a bit of butter and black pepper.

TikTok users were impressed with Poppy's hack.

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"As an Italian, I think you did it just perfect," one TikTok user commented.

Another user added advice of their own, saying, "Try make a cream with the pecorino and pasta water first, then add pasta to toasted black pepper and the cream at last.

"Nevertheless, what a dish."

One user said the dish is their 11-year-old child's favourite, but they normally add peas as well to get some vegetables in their diet.

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Lovers of pasta who are looking for something more substantial, however, have no fear — like Poppy's cacio e pepe, this creamy no-cream carbonara only needs four ingredients, and is just as easy to make.

If all else fails, there's always the viral one-pan TikTok feta cheese oven-bake pasta sauce to fall back on.