Amatriciana Sauce
Amatriciana is a traditional Italian sauce with a spicy tomato base, but what sets this sauce apart is the inclusion of guanciale (cured pork cheek)!
- Yield: Sauce for 1lb pasta
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place the Olitalia Extra Virgin Olive Oil, butter, and onion in a saucepan on medium heat.
- Sauté the onion until it becomes translucent, then add the guanciale.
- Cook for about 1 minute, stirring once or twice.
- Mill, blend, or crush your Ciao Italian Whole Peeled Tomatoes and add them to your saucepan.
- Let the tomatoes simmer for at least 25 min. Taste, adding salt and hot pepper to your liking.
Once your pasta* is ready (cook per your packaging instructions):
- Toss the pasta with sauce.
- Add both cheeses, and toss thoroughly again.
- Serve and enjoy!
*The classic cut for an “all’Amartriciana” sauce is Bucatini, but penne and rigatoni work great too (or any cut of your choice). We recommend making your own homemade Fresh Pasta or Extruded Pasta!
Products Used In The Recipe
Recommended Recipes
About the Chef
Meet Chef Michele D'Amelio
Michele grew up in the small town of Lioni in Irpinia, in the province of Avellino, about an hour from Naples. His was not a family of pizza makers.
Michele was brought up with good food that came from the green hills where he was born and from his family’s generation-long production of raw materials. From their wheat to their flour, bread was baked twice a week, and on Sundays, they made fresh pasta.
Michele began to make pizzas before the bread was baked, and since starting, he hasn't stopped.
Michele began to pursue pizza by working in local pizzerias. Still unsure that this was his passion, he met Saverio Ciampi, who introduced him to the Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani under their President, Sergio Miccu.
At 21, Michele took over his friend's pizzeria. Not long after, he moved to Dallas in September 2012, where he initially planned to stay for only three months. Before he knew it, he had been there for two years.
In March 2013, Michele became the World Champion at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas for the "Italian Division," a dream come true. With his new title, in April 2013, he went to Parma for the World Championship of Pizza, where he won 2nd place in the category "Pizza Napoletana DOC."
In May 2014, Michele moved to Paris, but after four months, he decided to return to the US, where he established his collaboration with Orlando Food Sales, Mulino Caputo, and CIAO Tomatoes.
