Spaghetti Matriciana. " Le ricette di mio padre

Amatriciana.

Matriciana or Amatriciana pasta.

Amatriciana sauce is the daughter of the sauce Gricia,
this version sauce is the "Original", This recipe is born in Amatrice The secret to obtain a delicious tomato sauce is very simple: boil tomatoes for a few seconds, without cutting, and then peel, seed and cut them into thin strips.

Nowadays we can easily find S. Marzano tomatoes all year round; nevertheless a delicious result can be obtained with tinned tomatoes too. Cut the slices of guanciale into long strips, uniform and of the same thickness.


The mistake that many people make: is to use Bacon, some onions, garlic, and not tomatoes S.Marzano, or simply they cut them Bacon into small cubes.

So do not cut bacon, cut guanciale and not into small cubes, because at the end of the melting, the thin part of guanciale it will make hard).
2) must not be used onion, or garlic .
Amatriciana pasta,whit tomato sauce was introduced at the end of the seventeen century and that determined a new recipe and a new name for the "old Gricia". This recipe is the amatriciana without tomato.(Gricia sauce.)
Matriciana or Gricia Sauce :
Must not be used onion, garlic or bacon, Grate the pecorino but not "Sardinian pecorino or Romano because the first one, It covers the flavor from the sauce , and the second one has a too strong and salty taste. Use pecorino Amatrice is more delicate, as fat used lard not other types fat.

P.S.

Guanciale is most important ingredient for the preparation of matriciana,or the old gricia without this, it is not matriciana and not gricia sauce.
Guanciale is derived from snout of the pork. It is a more noble fat with more delicate taste and it’s scented. Bacon it is made from pork’s belly, it’s too salty and it alters the flavor.)
Ingredients:

150 pecorino of Amatrice, the taste is very delicate, not salty and lightly spicy .
1 tablespoon of lard that was used, at the time, because its taste is sweet and delicate.
1 black pepper and salt,to taste.(Sauce)
1 handful of salt to pasta.

1000 g Fresh S. Marzano tomatoes.
1 chily Calabria.

To follow the recipe properly, it has to be used ripe and fresh tomato,

I say the real secret from a good amatriciana sauce.is the tomatoes

A delicious tomato sauce is very simple: boil tomatoes for a few seconds, without cutting, and then peel, seed and cut them into thin strips.