Bucatini Amatriciana Alla Romana

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 70 -80 g bacon, crisply cooked and crumbled
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• extra virgin olive oil
• 400 g diced tomatoes
• salt
• black pepper, red crushed pepper or if you like it spicy crushed red pepper flakes
• 200 g of dry bucatini pasta
• freshly grated parmigiano, aged or pecorino romano cheese or if available aged pecorino romano cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet sauté onion and garlic in a sufficient amount of olive oil.
• 2 when they are well cooked, add the crumbled bacon and tomatoes, season with salt and pepper (or red pepper).
• 3 *if you are using the tinned tomatoes, mush them up in small pieces.
• 4 bring to boil and cook for several minutes until the flavours are well blended and some of the extra liquid is evaporated.
• 5 meanwhile cook the pasta al dente, and drain.
• 6 toss the tomato mixture together with the pasta, serve with plenty of freshly grated cheese.