Artist’s Arrabbiata (Sarah Leah Chase)

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup plus 2 T fruity olive oil
• 6 large cloves garlic, peeled and cut into course slivers
• 1/2 to 1 tsp dried red pepper flakes
• 12 ripe plum tomatoes, cut into quarters
• salt to taste
• 4 oz pancetta (optional)
• 12 oz penne
• 1 cup grated Parmesan