Recipe of the week: Pasta all’Amatriciana

In Italy, few dishes are as controversial as pasta all’Amatriciana.

In Italy, few dishes are as controversial as pasta all’Amatriciana, said Cook’s Illustrated. Both Rome and the town of Amatrice claim it as their own, and there’s no consensus on its exact makeup. Here in the U.S., a greater worry is how to find cured pork jowl, or guanciale. So our version derives authentic-tasting results using salt pork.

Pasta all’Amatriciana

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