Last night for dinner I was planning to make plain, ole spaghetti. Nothing special. Then I remembered that I bought a package of bucatini at a DiBruno Brothers in Philadelphia (gourmet food shops sprinkled through the city) when we were visiting my sister for the PSU v. Temple game.I have come across a few bucatini recipes and read about the unique long, hollow noodle. I was very intrigued. But I could not find it in any grocery stores around me (the story of my life). I was so excited when I found it in the amazing DiBruno Bros. store. See, we originally went into the store because my husband told me to get him something while we were shopping and he was at the Phillies game. I knew he was teasing but when we walked by DiBruno, I knew I had to get him what he REALLY wanted.
Not a shirt.
Not undies.
But some meat and cheese!
So my mom, sister and I browsed the delicacies and found him the perfect treat while I got myself some sea salt chocolate and bucatini.
And you know this bucatini is authentically Italian because there were was no English on the packaging. Love that!
Here you can see the pasta before it's cooked:
And here is the bucatini with some delicious Prego Three Cheese and ground beef. Yum! (I forgot to do the fancy Instagram finish on this pic. Darn!):
what did you think of the bucatini? i saw some at the market and was considering buying it but didn't because of the price tag. is it worth the extra $ or would spaghetti suffice?
ReplyDeleteSpaghetti would be fine. This is just something different I wanted to try. It is more expensive so if you want to try it, maybe make it for a special occasion which, to me, can justify the price!
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