Spaghetti all’Amatriciana
At the very beginning was an ancient, traditional recipe for pasta sauce called “gricia”. Still popular today in central Italy, la gricia is made with olive oil, guanciale, black pepper and pecorino cheese. Apparently, it was commonly cooked by shepherds of the area around Grisciano (municipality of Accumoli, in the province of Rieti, region Lazio ). According to some, the …