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# QED Recipe Book: Spaghetti all'Amatriciana

#### Ingredients (4 people)
- Guanciale di Amatrice, 150g (or [this](https://i.imgur.com/CzO5IX0.png) from TJ's)
- Pomodori pelati, 400g ([these](https://i.imgur.com/Y1YklOs.png) from TJ's)
- Red pepper, 1 (powdered is also good)
- Salt (for the water and sauce)
- Extravirgin olive oil (for the sauce, [this](https://i.imgur.com/meloUVL.png) from TJ's)
- White wine, 50g
- Spaghetti, 320g (I recommend [these](https://www.sfoglini.com/products/spaghetti) but others are good too; look for "grano duro" at TJ's)
- Pecorino cheese, 75g ([this](https://i.imgur.com/0K3DtLY.jpg) at TJ's, Parmigiano Reggiano also good)

#### Preparation

![](https://i.imgur.com/Rtp4rjl.png)

While the water is boiling (salt added to the water at the end), remove the skin from the guanciale (1), cut in slices (2), and then stripes.

![](https://i.imgur.com/XWKYvIU.png)
Then the oil in a pan with the red pepper and the guanciale (4, 5); cook for about 7 minutes until the fat part becomes transparent. Don't burn anything, gentle fire! At the end, add the white wine, turn the fire a bit up and let the wine evaporate.

![](https://i.imgur.com/wo9gfyJ.png)
Set aside the guanciale but leave the oil and grease (7), put the tomatoes in the pan (8, but no need to do it with your hands, use a tool), cook for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, add 1/1.5 teaspoon of salt to the boiling water and put the spaghetti in (they should cook for 8-10 minutes, no way to know for sure other than tasting some).

![](https://i.imgur.com/G4mmn5v.png)
When the spaghetti are ready, you can drain them and mix them with the sauce. Then add cheese!


#### Variants
- You can add some red onion at the beginning with the red pepper.
- You can use any vegetable  instead of the guanciale to make other kinds of pasta.

My [favorite video of this recipe](https://www.facebook.com/SoniaPeronaciLive/videos/spaghetti-allamatriciana-la-ricetta-originale/465230277761246/).
