A question about a recipe: Summer Weekend Pasta

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added 10 months ago

Amanda's recipe is a riff on the classic Roman l'amatriciana; bacon or guanciale or pancetta. If you want to omit the bacon you can just go fra diavolo; butter or olive oil (or both) with tomato and hot pepper. BUT you really can't substitute anything for the bacon flavor. And if anyone suggests portabello mushrooms I promise to come down and toilet paper their house.

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Benny added 10 months ago

I suggest portabello mushrooms.

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added 10 months ago

Benny, I have the 12 pack of Cottonelle. Coming your way.

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added 10 months ago

Yes, I like Pierino's suggestion. Some tomatoes, but not too much.

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caroberts77 added 9 months ago

You could add in a little smoked mozzarella at the end to get that smoky flavor in the dish.

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Panfusine added 9 months ago

Mushrooms and fried sun dried tomatoes...

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SMSF added 9 months ago

I suppose you could try one of the "fake-bacon" "fakon" products, but honestly you might just consider making a different type of dish. It seems to me that both the bacon itself and the resulting bacon fat are too integral and, like a Porsche, there is no substitute! :)

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I was thinking a little ricotta salata, crumbled or cubed, at the very end to add the saltiness from the bacon.

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