Penne Amatriciana

This dish is an Italian dish made from pasta and a tomato/bacon sauce to go with it. It is also good to serve it with some cheese for extra taste. I learnt to cook this during lockdown (thermomix recipe)

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Ingredients

600g of penne
800g of tinned tomatoes
1 onion, peeled and chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled
5 diced pieces of bacon
10g oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Place tomatoes in bowl
Blitz on speed 8 for 10 seconds. Place into a bowl and set aside
Place onion and garlic into bowl
Blitz on speed 7 for 5 seconds. Scrape down
Add oil and bacon
Cook for 5 minutes, speed 2 at 100 degrees
Add remaining ingredients
Cook for 15 minutes, speed 2 at 100 degrees
Stir sauce through cooked and drained pasta
Serve

(Blitz means blend in the thermomix)

Step 1 and 2

Place the tomatoes in a bowl, blitz and se them aside in a separate bowl.

Step 3 and 4

Put the onions and garlic in a bowl and blitz the mixture.

Step 5, 6, 7 and 8

Add the oil and bacon, then cook the mixture, and then add the remaining ingredients.

Step 9

Cook (boil) the pasta

Step 10

Strain the pasta and stir the sauce through, then and serving.