Roman Pasta Matriciana

Inspired by one of the most beautiful "cooking" poems of one of my favorite actors, Aldo Fabrizi, great character of the "true" Rome (born and lived close to Campo de Fiori);

here's for you the recipe for original and inimitable pasta all'Amatriciana.

INGREDIENTS:

500 gr. of Pasta, Spaghetti or Bucatini

100 gr. Guanciale(Bacon) of pork, fat and cut quite thick

500 gr. of ripe tomatoes San Marzano or canned tomatoes 100 gr.

Pecorino cheese (wishing you could mix in Parmesan cheese)

A couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

1 / 2 cup dry white wine Chilli (not too much).

PROCEDURE:

Boiled for a few seconds the tomatoespassing them under the cold water and peel, then cut them into strips. If using canned tomatoes, chopped up first by hands or pinched in a pan with a fork.

Cut the bacon in strips (but not too thin, better strips about ½ inch of width) and place it in a preferably iron frying pan, with the oil and let brown a lively fire for few minutes until the bacon gets golden .

A nearly finished cooking add a little chili pepper, moisten with the wine and once it has exhaled remove the pieces of bacon from the pan , keeping aside, possibly warm in a cup covered with aluminum foil.

Put in the same pan the tomatoes, a pinch of salt and cook a lively fire for some minutes (10-15). Replace the bacon in the pan, stirring for about one minute.

Meanwhile drain the pasta "al dente" and pour into a container, preferably preheated.

Combine all the ingredients adding the pecorino (perhaps mixing a little 'of parmesan cheese, to get a taste less strong).

The origin of the name of this condiment is controversial it comes from Amatrice, a country in the province of Rieti, not far from rome Rome.

When this dish was born amatriciana was to be the main meal of the shepherds, then many, for its simplicity and quick to prepare.

Originally it was without the tomato and it was called "Gricia".

The amatriciana is a perfect summary of cuisine inside the territories of central Italy, as to be almost "mythologized" and has now become the protagonist of a festival in the streets which, every year in August, takes place both at Amatrice and in Rome, in the Campo de 'Fiori "homeland" of Aldo Fabrizi.