Friday, June 2, 2023

Traditonal Italian Pasta Recipes using Guanciale - Alla Carbonara, Alla Gricia, Amatriciana, Zozzona and Cacio e Peppe

I have been researching about some traditional Italian Pasta recipes and the ones below all start with 2 major special ingredients: GUANCIALE (not pancheta, or bacon!) and Pecorino Romano. Please use the real Italian DOP (Denominazione di Origine Protetta) one for best results!

I found multiple recipes but some not very traditional. The ones I have chosen are from Pina Bresciani. 

Starting from the Guanciale

This is about real Pecorino Romano

Now for the pastas:

Let me add some pictures to illustrate how those different pastas look like: 

Carbonara



Alla Gricia

Zozzona


Amatriciana





Another very traditional pasta, but this one not using guancialo