Recipe and source notes

Bucatini Matriciana

12–14 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Bucatini, (thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center), 100%% semolina noodles
  • 4 tablespoons Olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons Natural cured Gunciale (Jowl bacon) cooked, chopped
  • 4 Green onions, finely chopped
  • 5 Leaves fresh basil
  • 6 6-oz. ladles tomatoes sammarsano
  • 4 tablespoons Picorino Romano, grated

Make it step by step

  1. Boil the pasta until reaches al dente, then strain. Prepare a red sauce by mixing the olive oil, gunciale, onions, basil, and tomatoes. Heat thoroughly before serving. Cover each plate with the sauce and place the noodles in the sauce, then sprinkle the grated cheese over the plate. Place additional grated cheese on the table.
  2. TRATTORIA ROMA
  3. WINE: FATTORIA PARADISO

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Adapted from Foodista by Food Meditation..., under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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