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Pasta all’Amatriciana.

You can cook Pasta all’Amatriciana using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pasta all’Amatriciana

1. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
2. Prepare 150-175 g of unsmoked bacon, cut into ribbons.
3. It's 1-2 of onions, sliced.
4. Prepare 3 cloves of garlic, chopped.
5. Prepare 1 of fresh red chili, chopped.
6. You need 1 (400 g) of tin chopped tomatoes.
7. You need 1 tbsp of tomato purée.
8. It's 1 of dried bay leaf.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of dried oregano.
10. You need of Salt & black pepper.
11. It's 200 g of pasta of your choice.
12. It's Knob of butter.
13. Prepare of Parmesan cheese, grated.

Pasta all’Amatriciana instructions

1. In a dry frying pan and cook the bacon on a medium heat to remove excess salt. Set the bacon aside on kitchen towel and wipe the frying pan clean..
2. Heat the olive oil in the frying pan and cook the bacon until beginning to crisp. Set the bacon aside on fresh kitchen towel..
3. Add the onion to the pan and fry gently for 2 minutes. Only stir if necessary to avoid sticking..
4. Add garlic and fry for a further minute, the add the chili, tomatoes, tomato purée, bay leaf and oregano, stirring gently but thoroughly and cook on a medium heat for 10 minutes. Half-fill the tomato tin with cold water, swirl it around and add. Return the bacon to the pan, stir thoroughly and cook for a further 10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf. Taste and season as wished. If you want a slightly more liquidy sauce, add a little of the pasta water before you drain it (Step 5 below)..
5. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to instructions, drain in a colander and toss the butter in. Serve immediately onto warmed pasta dishes, cover the pasta with the sauce and sprinkle with Parmesan..