Macaroni and San Marzano Tomatoes

skunkmonkey101
skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101
Dover, Florida

Hands down the absolute best canned tomatoes I have ever tasted right out the can!!! Add this to an old timey Southern dish, you have a mouth full of happiness!!! Dishes like this makes me want to move to the San Marzano, region in Italy!!! That volcanic soil and these types of tomatoes, wows me!!! I can only imagine how they taste fresh!!

Macaroni and San Marzano Tomatoes

Hands down the absolute best canned tomatoes I have ever tasted right out the can!!! Add this to an old timey Southern dish, you have a mouth full of happiness!!! Dishes like this makes me want to move to the San Marzano, region in Italy!!! That volcanic soil and these types of tomatoes, wows me!!! I can only imagine how they taste fresh!!

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Ingredients

  1. Tomatoes
  2. 1/4 poundsmoked bacon
  3. To tastesalt
  4. 28 ouncescertified whole San Marzano tomatoes
  5. To tasteground black pepper
  6. Macaroni
  7. 1 poundmacaroni elbows
  8. 2 quartwater
  9. 2 tablespoonsextra virgin olive oil
  10. 2 teaspoonsalt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Before we start make sure to reserve 2 cups pasta water. Boil the elbows in the water, with 2 teaspoon salt, and olive oil. When the pasta has cooked two minutes shy of actual cooking time of the pasta, stop cooking. Slice the tomatoes reserve the liquids.

  2. 2

    Drain all but 2 cups of the pasta water. Add the tomato juices and start cooking again now add the tomatoes. Add salt and pepper. Half crisp the bacon.

  3. 3

    Add the bacon and drippings to the macaroni and tomatoes cover and turn off the heat. The residual heat will finish cooking the bacon. Let rest covered for 20 minutes, stir, and serve. I hope you enjoy!!!

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Spicy George Foreman
Spicy George Foreman @spicygeorgeforeman
A lot of food for a lot of people for not a lot of money! Can feed like 8 people for $10.

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