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Amatrice is a town and commune in the province of Rieti, in northern Lazio (central Italy). The city is seat of the food-agricultural base of the Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso Monti della Laga.
Amatrice is especially famous for the Sugo all’amatriciana pasta sauce. Numerous cooks of the Popes came from Amatrice, according to some urban legends. In this little village the tradition wants that the original recipe of the sauce was altered outside of the place: still today citizens use to prepare the sauce, using an iron pan, just with olive oil, chopped “guanciale”(= dried pork cheek, not “pancetta”=dried bacon),white wine, tomato sauce, chili, pepper and sheep-milk cheese. The versions outside Amatrice include fresh chopped onion and pancetta (rather than “guanciale”).
Frazioni (outlying areas) of Amatrice include: Aleggia, Arafranca-Pinaco, Bagnolo, Capricchia, Casale Bucci, Casale Celli, Casale, Casalene, Casale Masacci, Casale Nadalucci, Casale Nibbi, Casale Sanguigni, Casale Sautelli, Casale Zocchi, Casali della Meta, Cascello, Castel Trione, Collalto, Collecreta, Collegentilesco, Collemagrone, Collemoresco, Collepagliuca, Colletroio, Colli, Conche, Configno, Cornelle, Cornillo Nuovo, Cornillo Vecchio, Cossara, Cossito, Crognale, Domo, Faizzone, Ferrazza, Filetto, Fiumatello, Francucciano, Le Forme, Moletano, Musicchio, Nommisci, Osteria della Meta, Pasciano, Patàrico, Petrana, Pinaco, Poggio Vitellino, Prato, Preta, Rio, Retrosi, Roccapassa, Rocchetta, Saletta, San Benedetto, San Capone, San Giorgio, San Lorenzo a Pinaco, San Sebastiano, Santa Giusta, Sant’Angelo, San Tommaso, Scai, Sommati, Torrita, Torritella, Varoni, Villa San Cipriano, Villa San Lorenzo e Flaviano, Voceto.
To the south of Amatrice is the village of Valle San Giovanni, home of Casale.
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