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[Alison Wonderland]

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@vabreeze wrote:

Alison Wonderlsnd.

I am familiar with the long tubular pasta known as bucatini.  I make a delicous dish using it (Lemony Chicken and Bacon Bucatini).  However, I have never seen a reference to it  or any pasta by a number such as #8.  I viewed  your post as informational and intended to be of help to others unaware of a numbering classification of pastas--NOT malicious at all..

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Thank you, @vabreeze. I very much appreciate your post.

[RespectLife]

@Regal Bee

Thank you for posting!  It sounds delicious and I can't wait to try it!  Please do no be upset...I believe @Alison Wonderland intent was just to educate.  I do not think she had any malicious intent at all.  Please don't be hurt or upset....many people (and most that I know have no idea pasta has numbers at all.  I think she was just trying to be helpful.

@vabreeze

Would you mind sharing your Lemon Chix Bucatini recipe?  I just love lemon and what isn't better with bacon???

I would love to make that if you wouldn't mind sharing!  TIA!

[RespectLife]

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@Free2be wrote:

I'd been watching for this recipe, it looks to be so good.  I can never find diced prosciutto, it always super thin sliced in stores near me.  I could probably sliver it to make it work.  I wonder if the "thick spaghetti" attachment on my Philips pasta machine would turn out something close to bucatini.  ??  It's not a type I've ever seen in my stores.  (Small town)

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@Free2be

I buy prosciutto at the Deli Counter.  That way, she cuts me a thicker size piece and I can dice it myself.

I do that sometimes w/ canadian bacon and pancetta when diced is prefered.

[vabreeze]

@RespectLife, here is how I make my bucatini dish:

Lemony Chicken and Bacon Bucatini (serves 2)

Drizzle and message 2 tsp  veggie oil over two chix breasts; season with 2 tsp lemon pepper.  Swirl them around in a baking dish and bake, covered, at 350° for about 30 minutes.

While chix is baking. fry ½ lb thick-cut bacon until crisp.  Remove bacon but leave hot bacon drippings in the pan

Cut chix and bacon into bite-size pieces and set aside

Cook 12 oz bucatini per box directions.

Sauté 4 cloves minced garlic, and 2 diced Roma tomatoes in the drippings about 2 min and remove.

To the pan with the hot bacon dripping, slowly pour ¾ cup white wine and heat together for 5 -7 min

Drain pasta and combine in the pan with the white wine/ bacon fat mixture along with the chicken, bacon, sautéed minced garlic and tomatoes.

Season with 1-2 tsp Italian seasoning, pinch red pepper flakes, juice of ½ lemon, (or more to your taste); add 1+ packed  cup fresh spinach, and 1 cup shredded/shaved Parmesan; fold in.

Sprinkle with fresh chopped Italian parsley leaves (or dried flakes) and serve.

[RespectLife]

@vabreeze

OH GOSH @vabreeze

bacon, white wine, pasta, chix....what's not to love!  I greatly appreciate the time you took to  post it!  I can't wait to try it!

I just bought chix recently at Aldi's for a great price!

Thanks again!

[Gooday]

I don't often post here but when I saw the title I got a little excited.

You see, my mom was Sicilian and we had some form of pasta twice a week.  As you all now know, Bucatini is the shape of a linguini type pasta, thicker with holes in each end.  

This was a favorite shape of my grandmother's and she made this with the "heartier" sauces, such as Bolognese but one of the best tasting sauce was made with lamb stew meat.  

If you are a lamb lover and can find lamb stew meat, I highly recommend it.  Otherwise, buy lamb shoulder and cut it into big chunks and even put the bone in for flavor.

BTW ~ DeCecco pasta has been and continues to be my favorite brand of pasta.  They have farfalle (bow ties) and penne regatta (small mostacolli with lines) and even spinach pasta which is delicious with just olive oil, garlic and some crushed red pepper.

[sunshine45]

bucatini is one of my favorite types of pasta. i love it with a bolognese sauce. it can have different numbers on the packaging.

if you have not had it or not seen a photo of it, here you are......