I made this pasta tonight for dinner. It looked promising at first, mainly because the ingredients seemed simple. Basically, onion, canned tomatoes, and bacon. Along with other basic kitchen staples like garlic and olive oil. Actually, it turned out to be slightly more complicated, requiring half caramelizing the onions, and then cooking with the chopped bacon. Mostly, it just took a lot more stirring than I expected. I had to fry the bacon much longer than the recipe said for (2o vs. 5 mins).
Taste-wise, I expected something close to bacon sauce for this. The description of all Amatriciana basically told of a classic Roman(the city) dish made of bacon and tomatoes. With great anticipation, I tasted it...and found only tomatoes. Huh. Well the pasta was good at least.
Actually, my initial disappointment gave away to delight as the bacon flavor became more apparent. The more I ate it, the more I tasted the subtle bacon flavor. By the end of the bowl, I wanted more. My bacon craving was not satisfied. Sigh. At least I have leftover sauce that I can use later.
- Howitzer
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