A sauce of Italy of the town of Amatrice

I grew up in an Italian American home. As a tradition every Sunday my grandmother would cook a Sunday lunch for our family and friends. If you know anything about Italian family gatherings, it was a mad house but i wouldn't have traded it for anything. She has since passed. To continue this tradition I started to cook her sauce for my family. So please enjoy!

My great-great grandmother brought the original recipe with her from Sicily in 1906 when my family first came to America. There have been a few tweaks over the years, but the love that goes into this sauce remains the same.

This recipe is a bit of a labour of love but well worth it in the end. It gets better after a day in the fridge and freezes well. You can sub almost any kind of fatty pork but I find thick cut bacon to yield the best results. If you're a purest use pork jowl.

Any pasta is fine to have with this, but penne is preferred

Sauce has been a staple in my family for generations. Each family member makes it a bit different. I don't give a specific serving size. This is used for a pound of pasta and sauce on the side if that helps.

This is my favorite sauce to use on pasta

Our first big "adult" purchase was our giant shiny 8-quart Calphalon stock pot, used almost exclusively for this sauce :)
This is a family recipe for arrabiata sauce passed down by the Polish women in my family for at least three generations now. (How a spicy Italian meat sauce became the star dish of a Polish cook, I have no idea.)
Great meat sauce starts with great meat. We've found the key is to buy from a specialized butcher. If you have an Italian butcher, even better. It's more expensive, but worth every penny. We get ours out at Springfield Butcher in Springfield, Virginia. Even higher end grocery stores, like Wegmans or Whole Foods, simply can't cut it when the flavor of the meat is this important.
The only other ingredient I am super picky about is the brand of crushed tomatoes we use. Cento (the bright yellow can) is the ONLY brand we have ever found that uses nothing but tomatoes. No citric acid, no salt, no nothing but tomatoes. We've made it before with other brands, and it is not the same.This is the recipe as it now stands. My mother made changes to it over the years, and we made ours. We like things SPICY so we use all hot Italian sausage, but you can dial back the spice by using half hot and half sweet.
This recipe makes a LOT of sauce - you'll need an 8-quart stock pot if making on the stovetop, or else a large crockpot. Leftovers can be easily frozen in small 1-quart Tupperwares for easy meals. We usually get least 6 meals out of this recipe.

You can buy this sauce in a jar, but that does not compare to freshly made sauce!

While anchovy fillets are undeniably fishy, the salty funkiness of these little fish is their strength. Anchovies have a rich, umami flavor that adds a layer of complexity when dissolved into a sauce or emulsified into a dressing.Lại là một pha thần giao cách cảm vượt biên giới với @Marie007 😌#bepvang

very yummy