Saturday, February 19, 2011

PERCIATELLI/BUCATINI WITH OVEN-DRIED TOMATOES, GARLIC, AND CHILES

Well, I have to admit that I couldn’t find Bucatini anywhere, but I found Perciatelli at my local Italian market (Genova for those of you who live in the East Bay).  When, I was examining it, it looked very much like the Bucatini that the recipe called for, so I settled for it.  When I got home, I looked on the internet and found out that Perciatelli = Bucatini.  Yay!
Bucatini/Perciatelli is a long tubular pasta, hollow on the inside.  It’s typically used for saucy pastas.
This is actually a very simple recipe once you get the tomatoes oven dried.  It’s just like how I make spaghetti.  Heat olive oil, garlic, and chili’s in a pan and sweat out the flavor.  Add the oven dried tomatoes and cook until plump.  Then, add the al dente Bucatini to the sauce and whaala!

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