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Hunger and fancy for a nice tasty first course? What is better than a plate of spaghetti with amatriciana? There are a few dishes that can compete with such a good one.
Amatriciana pasta: a quick and easy recipe, made of few ingredients, but ready to satisfy every palate.
The amatriciana sauce fully represents the concept of comfort food. It is a flavor that is difficult to give up.
Spaghetti with Amatriciana sauce flavored with Cured pork cheek which in Italian is called ” Guanciale”, tomatoes, and grated pecorino is one of the pillars of traditional Italian cuisine.
How amatriciana sauce is born.
The amatriciana sauce takes its name from “Amatrice” in a small town in the mountains of the Lazio region on the border with Abruzzo.
A town that was devastated by a powerful earthquake three years ago.
And it is there that centuries ago the story of the amatriciana begins!
The shepherds always brought with them the typical local ingredients to prepare their meal during the long days on the pastures.
Guanciale, tomatoes, and pecorino cheese with which they prepared the sauce to season spaghetti.
Amatriciana sauce.
Over the years the recipe arrived in Rome, where it was changed by adding the onion and using the bucatini, which is a thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it.
While the original recipe of Amatrice is made with spaghetti.
However, I assure you with bucatini or spaghetti it is a delicious pasta dish!
The pasta all’ amatriciana has become one of the most popular sauces of traditional Italian cuisine.
The recipe I propose to you is the original one by Amatrice, that without onion and made with spaghetti.
Let’s see together what are the ingredients for preparing spaghetti all’ amatriciana for four people:
500 Gr. Of excellent quality spaghetti
125 Gr. Of Guanciale cut into strips
400 Gr. canned peeled San Marzano tomatoes
50 ml. Of dry white wine
80 Gr. Of grated Pecorino Romano
1 Red chili pepper or a pinch of chili flakes
Salt and pepper.
Follow the recipe step by step and you will get the spaghetti all’ amatriciana as they do in Amatrice
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