BBC Good Food

10 September 2009

Member

"Pretty simple but not true Amatriciana as no Italian would add Maggi or Worcester sauce. Leave this out, ccok the onions for less time and use Cirrio tomatoes (or similar good quality) and you won't need sugar. Then cook the pasta really al dente and add the pasta to the sauce for a few minutes, adding a little pasta cooking water if too dry, then serve, without Parmigianno although this is personal taste. That is the proper way but, if it tastes nice with anything else added, then don't be constricted by tradition. Real Italian food tends to be much simpler than our Anglicised versions."