Bucatini Amatriciana
6 portions
25mA classic tomato sauce with a chili flake kick. Delicious doesn't get much easier than this.
What you will need
6 oz Bacon
4 cloves Garlic
1 lb Bucatini
28 oz. Canned Whole Tomatoes
4 oz. Grated Parmesan
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Chili Flakes
¼ tsp Black Pepper
(Nutritional facts 269 calories, 11 g fat, 37.88 g carbohydrates, 5.43 g protein, 6 mg cholesterol, 466 mg sodium)How to cook
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Roughly dice the bacon. Pancetta is more traditional here and desirable, but bacon is delicious and much easier to find.
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Crack open a head of garlic and pull off four cloves and peel them. It's always a little bit of a challenge to peel garlic cloves. If you slice off the root end, you can try and get your nail between the skin and the flesh.
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Boil the bucatini in salted water until nearly tender, then strain. Leave it a little undercooked. Boil for about a minute less than recommended on the package. With most pasta, but especially a tomato-based pasta like this, it's a good idea to finish the pasta in it's sauce.
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Warm the olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat.
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Add the bacon. Stir over heat until crispy.
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Slice the garlic and stir briefly in the hot oil, just until you can smell the garlic. This miniature mandolin slicer is great for this task, but a small knife works fine.
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Add about 1/4 tsp of chili flakes.
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Add about 1/4 tsp f freshly ground black pepper. Stir and allow the spices to toast until the aroma hits you.
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Add the canned tomatoes. Bring to a simmer. Break up the tomatoes and simmer gently until reduced slightly.
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Toss in the cooked bucatini. Stir to coat the pasta.
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Stir over medium heat until pasta is cooked to your liking. Add a little liquid if the sauce gets too thick.
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Adjust the seasoning with salt and maybe a few turns of pepper if you like.
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Serve
Serve with grated parmesan.
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