Vegan amatriciana with homemade bacon
Hi foodie friend! As you may have seen, even with today's recipe we are staying in the Rome area. And honestly, I'm not complaining! This vegan amatriciana with homemade bacon is a dream and I can only recommend you to try it too.
Ingredients for vegan amatriciana sauce
Traditionally, the original recipe for amatriciana is very simple. The same is true for the recipe I will show you today. In fact, to make amatriciana. vegan friendly Just replace or remove the guanciale
As you can see in the picture below, the ingredients for a vegetarian/vegan amatriciana are as follows:
- 250g or 8.82 oz pasta. I used penne rigate for my amatriciana.
- 150 g or 5.29 oz tomato sauce
- 150g or 5.29 oz vegan homemade bacon
- 1 medium-sized onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 handful of vegetable parmesan cheese
- Basil
- Salt and pepper to taste
How to prepare homemade vegan bacon
For this vegan amatriciana recipe we replace the guanciale with homemade vegan pancetta! I too was a bit skeptical, but I invite you to try making this alternative bacon and be surprised. You can find the recipe here or by clicking on the photo to the right: homemade vegan bacon recipe
Keep in mind: the veg bacon will need to be cooked in a separate pan from the sauce so that it reaches the right crispness. Find all the details for making divine veg bacon in the post linked above.
If you don't have time to make your own veg bacon, you can replace it with smoked tofu, seitan, or a veggie bacon alternative found at the supermarket.
Now that you have all the ingredients and "secrets" for making vegetable penne all'amatriciana, you just have to get to the stove!
Vegan amatriciana pasta
Ingredients
- 250 g 8.82 oz penne rigate any pasta is fine
- 150 g 5.29 oz tomato sauce
- 150 g vegan homemade bacon
- 1 medium-sized onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 3 Tbsp Olive oil
- 1 handful vegetable parmesan
- basil
- as needed salt & pepper
Instructions
- Put the water for the pasta in a pot and turn on the flame. Cover with a lid to make the water boil faster.
- Peel and dice the onion. Also peel the garlic and crush it with a knife.
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add the onion and garlic.
- When the onion is translucent, add the tomato paste.
- Add tomato puree, salt and pepper and turn down on a low flame with a lid.
- Meanwhile, toss the pasta and cook the vegan bacon in a separate pan with plenty of seed oil (more details in the post linked above)
- Let the sauce cook gently for at least 10 minutes.
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain it and add it to the tomato sauce still in the pan.
- Also add the basil and 3/4 of the veg bacon to the pan with the pasta and mix well.
- Serve the pasta on plates and place the remaining veg bacon on top of each serving.For a fresh touch, put in a few basil leaves as well.
If you enjoyed this recipe
Se questa ricetta ti ha stuzzicato ti consiglio di provare anche la mia vegan carbonara. It will not disappoint you!!!
