One of the most common sauces to serve with bucatini is the classic Amatriciana sauce. In Italian cuisine, it is served with buttery sauces, pancetta or guanciale, vegetables, cheese, eggs, and anchovies, or sardines. The average cooking time is nine minutes. Its length is 25–30 cm (10–12 in) with a 3 mm (⅛ inch) diameter. It is a tubed pasta made of hard durum wheat flour and water. The name comes from Italian: buco, meaning 'hole', while bucato or its Neapolitan variant perciato means 'pierced'.īucatini is common throughout Lazio, particularly Rome.
– also known as perciatelli, is a thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center. Although it resembles another spaghetti, another long and thin pasta, Angel's hair is much finer. It can be used with light sauces and vegetables as well as traditional Italian sauces.
