Pasta

We made Zuni’s Café’s version of the much-loved dish from Abruzzo, PASTA ALL 'AMATRICIANA. The exceptional cookbook by Judy Rodgers is called: The Zuni Café Cookbook.

You can find this recipe in our blog of: Nov. 21, 2007. Click the date to get the recipe. One of the joys of the pasta is that it is made from canned tomatoes making it a year around treat!  We prefer the Pecorino cheese, which we always buy at The Cheese Store of Silverlake. The choice of pasta is critical with this dish. Even though the recipe says you can use alternative pastas we would only recommend using: bucatini. It really soaks up the pasta sauce.

We made this with a very unusual bacon. Nathan at McCall's Meat and Fish recommended it, even though he doesn't carry it. You need to order it from Bishop Smoked Bacon. It isn't as smokey as some bacon but it has a texture that is very much like Pork Belly. We order it again.