What is amatriciana?
Amatriciana · Italian
Roman pasta sauce of guanciale, tomato and pecorino, usually with a pinch of chili. Classic with bucatini.
What it tastes like
Porky, salty and tangy, with sweet tomato and a little heat. Richer than a plain red sauce thanks to the rendered pork fat.
Where you’ll see it
Italian trattorias and Roman-style pasta lists, most often as bucatini all'amatriciana or rigatoni all'amatriciana.