Pancetta Pink Sauce

This sauce is super easy, and will work on almost all pasta types.  We used with Gnocchi on one night and ravioli the next night.  This was a sauce that I learned while in a small city in central Italy.  There was a lady by the name of Mama Lucia who gave us food often, of which there was always cubed pancetta.



Ingredients
1 1/2 inch slice of pancetta cubed
1 tblsp olive oil
4 Roma tomatoes sliced.
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup of water
1 tblsp fresh basil chopped
1 clove garlic
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper


In a large sauce pan, heat up the oil on medium heat. Fry the pancetta until crispy. Add the garlic and blonde it until it just begins to turn golden.  Add the tomatoes and water and let reduce on medium low heat.  Stir often to break down the tomatoes.  Once the tomatoes begin to turn into a sauce add the cream and basil.  Let it continue to reduce until nice and thick.  Add the salt and pepper.  Now eat up, it's fantastic.  Grazie Mama Lucia!