In addition to being a delicious summertime snack, this recipe is a great way to use up seasonal fruit.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- 1 pound spaghetti
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided, or more if needed
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 7 ounces pancetta bacon, diced
- 2 cups passata (crushed tomatoes)
- 1 tablespoon water, or more as needed
- ½ teaspoon white sugar
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add pancetta and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour in passata, water, and sugar; cook until sauce has thickened, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Drain spaghetti and toss with sauce, remaining olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 662 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 97 g |
| Cholesterol | 20 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 7 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 616 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
the traditional Amatriciana goes without onions and the cheese should be pecorino.
This was easy to make, something different from our normal pasta dish, and excellent. I had some older tomatoes that I crushed for the receipe. This was really good!
I made this without the pancetta, which might have ruined the whole point, but I just thought this was a little bland. I think that maybe people might say I’m being to picky since I didn’t even use one of the ingredients, but I feel that a recipe that tastes utterly bland with just one ingredient missing isn’t great. It was simple though so I’m giving it 3 stars.
loved this simple easy and great taste
No changes and my daughter loved it also
I was staring in the fridge wondering what to make for dinner, and these ingredients were all available. Dinner was ready and being served in less than 30 mins!! Enjoyed the taste and the look of it – would make this for a dinner party! I used diced tomatoes instead of the crushed – a little more juice than it probably called for so I just cooked it a little longer.
Can’t go wrong with a classic. Grazie, Aldo