Recipe 356: Simple Guanciale Pasta

Ingredients:


400 g. spaghetti
250 g. guanciale (if not you could also use pancetta rubbed with red pepper), julienned
150 g. grated pecorino cheese of Monte Sibillini
extra virgin olive oil
crushed garlic
Salt and pepper




Procedure:

1. Boil water for the pasta.  Add salt when it boils.  Cook spaghetti 1 minute less than the cooking time written in the box.
2. In the meantime, while waiting for the water to boil, saute' the guanciale in a saucepan with a small amount of extra virgin olive oil.  Throw in crushed garlic and toast the guanciale until they become crunchy on medium-high flame.  (Be careful not to burn them.)
3. Add cooked spaghetti and mix with the guanciale.  Add salt and pepper.
4. Add the pecorino and mix well.  Serve hot.