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Ingredients

• ✓ bucatini pasta
• pancetta
• avocado
• pecorino romano cheese
• egg yolk
• black pepper
• lemon juice
• pecorino romano cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bucatini in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes.
2. 2 Meanwhile, heat a nonstick pan over medium-low heat. Add pancetta and cook on until tender and the fat has rendered. Remove from heat.
3. 3 Ladle 1 cup pasta cooking water into a bowl; set aside.
4. 4 Puree avocado in a bowl using a hand blender. Add 1/4 cup Pecorino Romano cheese, egg yolks, 2 teaspoons black pepper, and lemon juice. Stir well until sauce is creamy.
5. 5 Use spaghetti tongs to add the pasta directly from the water to the pan with the pancetta, allowing a bit of pasta water to help thin the sauce. Toss the pasta in the skillet to coat the pasta with the pancetta. Add avocado sauce to the pasta, stirring constantly. Mix in reserved pasta water if necessary.
6. 6 Divide pasta between 2 plates. Top with the remaining cheese and black pepper. Serve immediately.

By Buckwheat Queen

Ingredients

• ✓ bucatini pasta
• olive oil
• guanciale
• pecorino romano cheese
• black pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of very lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bucatini in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until almost tender yet still pretty firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes.
2. 2 Meanwhile, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over low heat. Add guanciale and cook slowly until it has rendered all its fat and is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, 8 to 10 minutes.
3. 3 Drain bucatini and reserve cooking water.
4. 4 Transfer bucatini to the skillet with the guanciale and finish cooking the pasta in the pan juices, adding a little pasta water at a time until pasta has the right consistency. Stir in Pecorino Romano cheese and season with black pepper. Serve immediately.

By Allrecipes Member

Ingredients

• ✓ bucatini pasta
• pecorino romano cheese
• parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• olive oil
• black pepper
• parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bucatini pasta in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until almost tender yet still firm to the bite, 8 to 9 minutes; they will not be fully cooked. Drain, reserving about 2 cups of pasta cooking water. Set pasta aside.
2. 2 Combine Pecorino Romano cheese and 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of pasta water and stir into a thick paste.
3. 3 Heat olive oil in a skillet or saucepan over medium-low heat; swirl to coat the bottom. Add cheese paste and a ladle of pasta water; whisk vigorously to combine. Keep whisking quickly and vigorously to make sure the cheese does not clump, about 30 seconds. Add cooked pasta and black pepper. Keep tossing skillet contents continuously until cheese has coated the pasta evenly and bucatini are cooked al dente, about 2 minutes. Add more water or cheese if the pasta sauce appears too thin or thick.
4. 4 Serve immediately topped with shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and more black pepper.

By Brian Genest

Ingredients

• ✓ bucatini pasta
• anchovy fillet
• oil
• garlic
• red pepper flakes
• zucchini
• grape tomato
• oregano
• basil
• shrimp

Instructions

1. 1 Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in bucatini and return to a boil. Cook bucatini, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes; drain.
2. 2 Meanwhile, combine anchovies, reserved anchovy oil, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir, breaking up anchovies while stirring, until garlic begins to sizzle. Add zucchini; cook until begins to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in grape tomatoes; continue cooking until zucchini is tender and tomato skins begin to pop, 5 minutes more. Season with oregano and basil.
3. 3 Add shrimp; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink and are no longer translucent. Serve over bucatini.

By CWYC

Ingredients

• ✓ bucatini pasta
• olive oil
• garlic
• guanciale
• red onion
• red pepper flakes
• tomato
• salt
• black pepper
• pecorino romano cheese

Instructions

1. 1 Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in bucatini and return to a boil. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until bucatini is tender, about 11 minutes. Drain.
2. 2 Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic cloves; cook until golden brown, about 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and discard. Add guanciale; cook and stir until crisp and golden, about 4 minutes. Add onion and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, salt, and black pepper. Simmer tomato sauce until flavors combine, about 10 minutes.
3. 3 Stir bucatini and Pecorino Romano cheese into tomato sauce and toss until evenly coated.

By CHEF CARLO APOLLONI

Ingredients

• ✓ bucatini pasta
• olive oil
• bread crumb
• saffron
• white wine
• onion
• fennel bulb
• salt
• raisin
• garlic
• anchovy
• pine nut
• red pepper flakes
• sardine
• oil
• fennel frond

Instructions

1. 1 Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add bread crumbs; cook and stir until crispy and toasted, 2 to 5 minutes. Transfer bread crumbs to a bowl.
2. 2 Grind saffron threads with a mortar and pestle; pour white wine into the mortar and stir to combine.
3. 3 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook bucatini in boiling water, stirring occasionally, until almost fully cooked through but still firm to the bite, 10 to 11 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
4. 4 Heat remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, fennel, and salt; cook and stir until onion is soft, about 10 minutes. Add raisins, garlic, and anchovy; cook and stir until heated through, about 1 minute.
5. 5 Pour wine mixture into the skillet and cook until almost evaporated, about 2 minutes. Pour 1 ladleful reserved pasta water into the skillet and bring to a simmer. Stir in pine nuts and red pepper flakes; simmer until flavors combine and sauce is reduced, about 5 minutes.
6. 6 Stir bucatini and sardines into the skillet. Increase the heat to high and cook, stirring frequently and adding more reserved pasta water as necessary, until sauce and pasta are heated through, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
7. 7 Ladle into bowls and top with fennel fronds and toasted bread crumbs.

By John Mitzewich