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Old Jun 3, 2008 | 1:40 am
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Jamoldo
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Originally Posted by notsosmart
Jamoldo, while your advice and recipe are very good (^), what you describe above, when prosciutto is added, is basically amatriciana sauce.
Oh I'm well aware of that. The recipes were in response to my wanting a basic sauce and the OP and others debating about marinara sauce (which I figured the sauce, senza prosciutto was) I never use the prosciutto, since I don't like it in my pasta sauces, although my friend (the source of the recipe) who's family is Calabrese and grew up in Rome does so.

I keep my sauces basic since I'm not the greatest of cooks. I'm also not the best sauce-making tomato picker in the world, so if I'm pressed for time, I just get cans of San Marzano.

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