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Pasta amatriciana with pancetta

Name: Pasta amatriciana with pancetta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Pancetta (Cut into pieces; cook slowly until golden and rendered.); Oil (For cooking the pancetta.); Pecorino or Grana Padano cheese (Grated; used in the sauce and also to finish the dish.); White wine (Add a little to deglaze and balance the acidity; the amount is not specified.); Pasta (Cook according to the time indicated by the manufacturer.); Salt (A pinch for the pasta cooking water.); Pepper (A pinch to finish.)

Recipe by @lacocinadelpirata TikTok

Imported by Celeste Verdejo Conde on SeeMeCook

A Spanish-style version of pasta amatriciana that substitutes pancetta for guanciale. The sauce is prepared with the pancetta fat, white wine, and aged cheese, then finished with pepper, more cheese, and crispy pancetta.

2 servings35 minItalian

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Ingredients

Pancetta (Cut into pieces; cook slowly until golden and rendered.)
Oil (For cooking the pancetta.)
Pecorino or Grana Padano cheese (Grated; used in the sauce and also to finish the dish.)
White wine (Add a little to deglaze and balance the acidity; the amount is not specified.)
Pasta (Cook according to the time indicated by the manufacturer.)
Salt (A pinch for the pasta cooking water.)
Pepper (A pinch to finish.)

Steps

1
Grate a generous amount of Pecorino or Grana Padano and set it aside.
2
Place a pan over very low heat, approximately level 4 out of 9. Add a little oil and the pancetta, and cook it slowly so it renders its fat.
3
When the pancetta is golden, remove it from the pan and set it aside, keeping all the fat in the pan.
4
Add to the pan the ingredient that the audio ambiguously describes as “this whole tablet,” then add a little white wine. Be careful, as it may splatter.
5
While the sauce is being prepared, cook the pasta in water with a pinch of salt according to the time indicated by the manufacturer.
6
Add the grated cheese to the sauce and stir to incorporate it.
7
When the pasta reaches the desired doneness, transfer it directly to the pan with the sauce. It is preferable that some of the cooking water goes in as well.
8
Toss the pasta thoroughly, stirring until it is coated with the sauce.
9
Add a pinch of pepper.
10
Serve the pasta with more grated cheese on top and finish with the reserved pancetta.

Notes

The transcript does not provide exact quantities for the ingredients. There is an ambiguous phrase—“we add this whole tablet”—whose ingredient cannot be identified with certainty; it has been retained in the method rather than invented. The author indicates that pancetta is used instead of guanciale and that white wine replaces the need to add sugar to balance the acidity.