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Pasta Amatriciana

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pasta amatriciana

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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
Italian
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Dairy Free
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per portion 25p
Calories: 650.87kcal
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Ingredients

  • 450 g pasta
  • 200 g onion chopped into little half cm dice
  • 1 can tomatoes chopped finely
  • 40 g tomato puree
  • 10 g Garlic
  • ¼ tsp chilli powder
  • 70 g bacon cut into little slithers 1-2 mm x 1 cm with your kitchen scissors
  • 60 ml oil

Instructions

  • Fry onions, bacon and seasonings in oil then when onions are softened and beginning to go translucent, add chopped tomatoes and their juice, tomato paste, a tspn salt and cook until you have a sauce that is glossy and will coat the pasta like in the picture.
  • Meanwhile, cook the pasta until al dente in a separate saucepan of salted water. Drain well
  • Place the cooked pasta into the pan with the sauce, and toss it until each penne shape is coated with glossy tomatoey bacony loveliness.
  • The sauce is meant to be a concentrated flavour dressing for the pasta (the Italian way) rather than an enormous blob on the top of plain pasta (the English way!)

Notes

 
 
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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
pasta amatriciana
Amount per Serving
Calories
650.87
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
23.75
g
37
%
Saturated Fat
 
3.77
g
24
%
Cholesterol
 
11.55
mg
4
%
Sodium
 
129.89
mg
6
%
Potassium
 
412.45
mg
12
%
Carbohydrates
 
90.7
g
30
%
Fiber
 
4.64
g
19
%
Sugar
 
5.65
g
6
%
Protein
 
17.77
g
36
%
Vitamin A
 
88.06
IU
2
%
Vitamin C
 
5.54
mg
7
%
Calcium
 
39.65
mg
4
%
Iron
 
1.82
mg
10
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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