How To Make All’Amatriciana Sauce
With spicy hints from red peppers, this classic Italian All’Amatriciana sauce combines tomato paste and pancetta for a rich tomato sauce with a kick.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¼cupextra virgin olive oil
- 3ozpancetta
- ½tspred pepper,crushed
- 3clovegarlic
- 1tbsptomato paste
- 1canpeeled whole Italian tomatoes,with their juices
- 1pinchsugar
- 2sprigbasil
- salt and freshly ground pepper,to taste
Instructions
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In a large saucepan, heat the oil. Saute the diced pancetta with garlic and crushed red pepper over moderate heat, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes until golden.
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Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the canned tomatoes with their juices.
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Stir in the sugar and basil, season with salt and pepper, and bring to a boil. Simmer the sauce over low heat, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes until it thickens and is reduced to 3 cups.
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Season again with salt and pepper. Discard the basil sprigs and garlic.
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Use as desired and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 298.02kcal
- Fat: 29.47g
- Saturated Fat: 6.29g
- Trans Fat: 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 18.11g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.81g
- Carbohydrates: 4.94g
- Fiber: 1.61g
- Sugar: 2.69g
- Protein: 4.58g
- Cholesterol: 18.71mg
- Sodium: 303.66mg
- Calcium: 33.84mg
- Potassium: 253.20mg
- Iron: 0.87mg
- Vitamin A: 24.27µg
- Vitamin C: 10.98mg
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