Bucatini all'Amatriciana Recipe (Pasta with Guanciale and Tomatoes)
It's a mouth-watering dish that's ready in thirty minutes! Bucatini all'Amatriciana will give you pasta luxuriously coated with a sauce that's slightly sweet, buttery, and undeniably creamy. Perfect for weeknight dinners!
Servings: 2
Calories: 712kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 ounces guanciale (85 grams), skin removed and chopped into bits
- 1 small onion, chopped finely
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 12 to 15 pieces cherry tomatoes, chopped into quarters
- 7 ounces bucatini (200 grams)
- salt
- pecorino Romano, for serving
Instructions
- Start by boiling salted water on a large pot.
- As soon as the water is ready, follow the instructions in the package to cook the bucatini for pasta all'Amatriciana.
- While the pasta is cooking, place a large pan over medium-high heat.
- Add the chopped guanciale into the cold pan.
- Cook the cured pork cheeek until the meat becomes brown; the fat should start looking transparent.
- Add the chopped onion.
- Cook until the onion turns soft.
- Pour the white wine.
- Leave uncovered and let the wine evaporate.
- Add the tomatoes, salt, and peperoncino.
- Mix, cover with a lid, and simmer for a few minutes until the juices come out of the tomatoes --- taste and adjust seasoning.
- By this time, the pasta should be ready, so add it directly into the Amatriciana sauce.
- Mix, take the pan off the heat, and transfer into serving plates.
- Top your bucatini all'Amatriciana with freshly grated pecorino Romano, and enjoy!
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Notes
- Cook's Tip #1: Chop the guanciale in bigger pieces if you prefer but give it enough time to brown the edges before adding the wine.
- Cook's Tip #2: Do not add too much salt at once. Remember that the cured pork cheek is already salty, plus if you're adding some pasta water, there's additional salt in there as well.
- Cook's Tip #3: Add some pasta water if you think your bucatini all'Amatriciana is a bit dry after adding the cooked pasta.
Nutrition
Calories: 712kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 374mg | Potassium: 307mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 30IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg