Bucatini All'Amatriciana with Spicy Smoked Mozzarella Meatballs

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Before she even finished chewing the first bite, my daughter declared this a keeper. The rest of the meal was abnormally quiet as everyone focused all energies on mass consumption of this dish. When the final forkfull disappeared, and the family glanced forlornly at the empty dish, the only question was, "When will you make this again?"
I did use a Tbsp of white wine vinegar and a couple glugs of white wine as the sauce was a little flat without it. I also cut way back on the salt and added 2 Tbsps of sugar. And I subbed pork for veal, and fresh mozz for the smoked in the meatballs. I will double the sauce next time, but otherwise I think the recipe is perfect. Yum!

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Meatballs were amazing even without stuffing with cheese, didn't make the sauce/pasta. These were delish!

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I was so inspired by the video that I had to try it! It was so good I took some to my sister with some fresh baked bread. Can't wait to hear if she liked as well as I did! The flavors were the best ever!

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Half the family loved the meatballs, half did not and we all thought the sauce was lacking so it gets a 3 star from our house. I think if you enjoy this dish and like the smoked mozzarella in the meatballs it is a fine recipe - just not to most of our liking.

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I'm Italian and never had this meal before, so I made the Meatballs and Bucatini recipe and it was outstanding. Sorry Proteuss66, you must have put in too much salt as mine came out fabulous. Next time put in a pinch of salt or none and see how you like it.

In my meatballs i did not use any breadcrumbs and used 1 small egg, ground beef, veal and pork and they were fantastic. In my sauce I used hot pancetta, good wine and San Marzanno tomatoes and everyone loved it and wanted the recipe.

Always remember, if you use cheap ingredients it will not come out that good. Use the good canned tomatoes, good wine and pancetta and your meal will be outstanding.

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Sorry Giada, this was a big fail! Sauce was way too salty. The meatball texture was very poor and had a bad flavor. Also, I know better than to add egg to meatballs. Not sure why everyone believes that it is a necessary binder. Shame the recipe was followed.

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Great pasta!!!!!!

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Absolutely delicious! Rich, savory old-world flavor meets juicy, rich meatballs! Perfection!

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I thought the whole dish was very flavorful. Meatballs were a little to salty though. I also had runny cheese oozing out...I was fearful to not over work the meat and I guess I left some holes. I also felt the recipe really need a 28 oz can of tomatoes to accommodate the 16 meatballs. All in all very good and i will try it again.

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We first had this dish in Rome and was excited to try. Even though the bacon to use is guanciale (almost impossible to find locally but is available online, the pancetta worked wonderfully. We prepared exactly as directed, served with caprese and paired with an Italian wine we had purchased on the trip. The meal was outstanding! On a note regarding the thickness of the sauce; it is meant to be thick and is not meant to top the bucatini but rather mix in its flavors.