bucatini

American  

[boo-kuh-tee-nee] / ˌbu kəˈti ni /

noun

1. pasta in the form of long, thin strands, thicker than spaghetti and hollow.

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Explanation

Bucatini is a type of long pasta with a hole through its center. You can think of bucatini as hollow spaghetti. Spaghetti may be more well-known, but for some pasta fans, bucatini has it beat. The thick, hollow shape gives it extra surface area, so it can be simultaneously covered and filled with sauce. Bucatini is especially popular in and around Rome — it's also beloved in Naples, where it's known as perciatelli. The word bucatini comes from the Italian buco, "hole."

Example Sentences

They also have bucatini there that’s really good.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

Once inside, guests found their name tags placed on two long tables where they would dine on American Angus beef and bucatini with Australian truffles as Binance executives made the rounds.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

They chose bucatini, a long hollow pasta, and cunningly controlled its stiffness through cooking time.

From National Geographic • Aug. 8, 2023

Simply heat the cooked pasta - we like tubular bucatini - with the mixture, butter, the rest of the kernels and a little of the pasta cooking water to help the sauce cling.

From Washington Times • Aug. 4, 2023

He’s never eaten in a universal commissary with choices from udon to bucatini, Irish stew to pepián.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera