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Bucatini all'Amatriciana




Source of Recipe


chow.com






Recipe Introduction


The ability to pull off a meal in about 30 minutes is an enormous social asset—and it’s quite possible. This recipe is a pan pasta sauce for bucatini (hollow spaghetti) that doesn’t require endless simmering and can be turned out from a well-stocked pantry.





List of Ingredients



• 2 tablespoons olive oil
  
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  
• 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
  
• 3 thick pancetta slices (about 1/3 pound), cut into 1/2-inch squares
  
• 1 (28-ounce) can whole San Marzano tomatoes, coarsely chopped with juices reserved
  
• 2 small dried red chile peppers
  
• 1 pound dry bucatini or spaghetti
  
• Freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese, for serving Freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese, for serving
  






Instructions



1. Heat olive oil and butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. When butter foams, add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add pancetta and cook, stirring rarely, until slightly crisp, about 3 minutes more.
   
2. Add tomatoes and their juices and a generous pinch of salt. Crumble in chile peppers, reduce heat to medium low, and simmer uncovered until sauce is slightly thickened, about 20 minutes.
   
3. While sauce simmers, bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil and cook bucatini according to the package directions. Reserve about 1/4 cup pasta cooking water, drain pasta but do not rinse, add to the frying pan, and toss to coat in sauce. Add reserved pasta water if needed to thin the sauce.
   
4. Transfer to serving plates, sprinkle with Pecorino Romano, and serve immediately.
   






Final Comments


What to buy: Look for the famed San Marzano tomatoes in Italian groceries. If you can’t find them, substitute regular canned whole tomatoes.

Bucatini pasta works great here because the hollow centers get filled with sauce. You can substitute spaghetti if you can’t find bucatini.

Makes: 6 servings