Penne Amatriciana
A classic Italian recipe that is easy and quick to prepare. Enjoy the delicious and typical Italian tomato-based pasta sauce with the rich flavours of bacon and chilli.
Ingredients
| 2 SERVINGS | 4 SERVINGS | |
|---|---|---|
| PASTA | ||
| – penne pasta | 200 g | 400 g |
| SAUCE | ||
| – smoked bacon | 100 g | 200 g |
| – onion | 1 small | 1 large |
| – garlic | 2 cloves | 4 cloves |
| – coarsely ground chilli | 1/2 tsp | 1 tsp |
| – sweet papryka | 1 tsp | 2 tsp |
| – tomato passata | 350 ml | 700 ml |
| For SERVING | ||
| – Grana Padano cheese | 50 g | 100 g |
| – black pitted olives | 10 | 20 |
| – basil | 6 leaves | 12 leaves |
You will need
salt, pepper, vegetable or olive oil, frying pan, pot, strainer, grater.
*** Where necessary, in the meal preparation instructions, we provide ingredient quantities for 2 servings (4 servings). ***
| NUTRIENTS | 100g | 1 SERVING |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 734.4 kJ | 3164.8 kJ |
| Energy | 175.5 kcal | 756.5 kcal |
| Fat | 7.4 g | 31.7 g |
| of which saturates | 2.7 g | 11.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 19.3 g | 83.2 g |
| of which sugars | 3.0 g | 12.9 g |
| Added Sugar | 0.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Protein | 7.2 g | 31.0 g |
| Salt | 0.8 g | 3.6 g |
Recipe
1.
Place the pasta in 1 litre of water and 1 tbsp (flat) of salt, add 1 tbsp of oil and cook the pasta for 10 minutes after boiling the water. Then strain it in a strainer and add warm water (so that the pasta does not lose its temperature).
2.
In the meantime, cut the bacon slices into cubes or strips Peel the onion and dice it. Dice the garlic into small cubes.
3.
Put the bacon on a dry, hot frying pan to melt the fat. Fry it over medium heat for around 3 minutes stirring regularly.
Add the onion, garlic and chilli pepper to the bacon and mix thoroughly.
4.
Add tomato passata, sweet paprika, salt and pepper to taste. Stir and simmer for about 5 minutes.
5.
Meanwhile, grate the cheese on a fine grater.
6.
Put penne pasta on deep plates, then pour spicy bacon and tomato sauce over it and sprinkle with grated Italian cheese, garnish with olives and basil. Buon Appetito!
