{"id":2910,"date":"2026-03-20T13:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/vegan-amatriciana-roman-tradition-with-a-vegetable-twist\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:27:37","slug":"vegan-amatriciana-roman-tradition-with-a-vegetable-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/vegan-amatriciana-roman-tradition-with-a-vegetable-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan amatriciana: Roman tradition with a vegetable twist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The triad of traditional Roman pasta dishes certainly includes amatriciana. Its strong flavor comes from the combination of tomato, guanciale and pecorino cheese, simple ingredients that together create one of the great traditional classics.<\/p>\n\n<p>Those who come to Rome cannot fail to try it. But is it possible to reinterpret this iconic dish using completely plant-based ingredients?<\/p>\n\n<p>The answer is yes, but with one condition. It is not enough to remove traditional ingredients. We need to recreate the balance of flavors that makes carbonara so beloved.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How a vegan amatriciana is made<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>In our vegan restaurant in Rome we have been working on just that: recreating the character of amatriciana through carefully chosen vegetable ingredients.<\/p>\n\n<p>Preparation definitely starts with our vegan guanciale, which needs to be nice and crispy. The secret, however, of a good amatriciana is definitely its rich and fragrant tomato sauce, which is processed slowly to develop its full flavor. The pasta is then tossed in the sauce to blend all the flavors, while the cheese completes the dish while maintaining the typical amatriciana character.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Roman classic, a new perspective<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Vegan amatriciana is not meant to replace tradition, but to show that the great classics of Roman cuisine can be reinterpreted in different ways. The result is a flavor-packed dish that retains the soul of Roman cuisine, but told through plant-based ingredients and contemporary techniques.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where to try it in Rome<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Our vegan amatriciana is one of the most popular dishes on the menu at <strong>Buddy<\/strong>&#8216;s, a vegan restaurant in downtown Rome. If you want to discover a plant-based reinterpretation of one of the great classics of Roman cuisine, you can try it directly from us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The triad of traditional Roman pasta dishes certainly includes amatriciana. Its strong flavor comes from the combination of tomato, guanciale and pecorino cheese, simple ingredients that together create one of the great traditional classics. Those who come to Rome cannot fail to try it. But is it possible to reinterpret this iconic dish using completely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-buddy"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buddyroma.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}