Jennifer Garner and Ina Garten Made Cacio e Pepe Scrambled Eggs

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Name two iconic culinary duos you probably didn't expect to see together—what about scrambled eggs and cacio e pepe and Jennifer Garner and Ina Garten? The celebrity cooks (one a professional, one an actor and enthusiastic home chef) joined forces in the most recent episode of Garner's Instagram series “Pretend Cooking Show" to create this exciting and easy breakfast mashup.

The recipe was developed by Garten (aka Garner's self-proclaimed «queen.») To start the dish, she cracks her eggs on the table, reminding viewers not to crack them on the side of the bowl to avoid any shells getting in.

After whisking them with a quarter cup of milk, Garner goes to turn the stove up to high heat. Immediately, another hand pops in, and Garten steps in to turn it back down. «Excuse me—nice and low. We want to cook scrambled eggs really low. Okay, you’re on your own.”

The rest of the video goes like this: Garten coaches Garner from the sidelines to help her achieve the perfect scrambled egg consistency.

“My own personal cooking fairy just showed up,» Garner jokes as she began melting butter in the pan. «My cooking fairy likes butter. I’m gonna see if I can summon her back.»

After slowly melting a tablespoon of butter in her pan, the pair seasons the eggs together. Garten advises against adding too much salt because the Pecorino cheese (which goes in at the end) is quite salty itself.

“Let it kind of get creamy and custardy,” Garten says as the eggs cook. “If you cook it at a hot temperature, it gets tough.” She turns the heat off right before they finish and continues stirring once they set a bit. This method (which requires some patience) results in «fluffy clouds» of scrambled eggs.

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