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Pasta: bucatini recipes – Italian Cuisine

A particular format of perforated pasta and magic is made. Bucatini are a delicious and enjoyable dish, here's how to cook them

Central Italy has made it the flag, but i bucatini they quickly spread throughout the country, driven by the traditions, curiosity and word of mouth that elected them to greedy dough. The particular consistency and the hole that allows the sauce to enter the dough, make them a particular and tasty first course that must be prepared following the tradition or relying on fun variations, but always bearing in mind that each pasta format should be combined with the most suitable sauces.

Bucatini all'amatriciana — Bucatini with amatriciana.

Perfect if cooked with sardines, attomato and bacon and al cuttlefish black, as Neapolitan tradition dictates, bucatini also lend themselves to original and unpredictable combinations, such as curry and chicken. If cooked al dente then they are particularly suitable for stuff vegetables, being able to absorb the sauce and the flavor, stabilizing then in the oven, as in the recipe of "spicy bucatini in yellow peppers".

The recipes for cooking bucatini

Temporary store at the Milan plant, Pasta Armando in a suitcase – Italian Cuisine

In Milan there is the yellow risotto that goes by tram and now there is also a temporary store just off the rails of the Central Station: is signed by Pasta Armando, an Irpinia company of excellence Italian food industry. The famous pasta in a suitcase, must-haves of Italian travelers, I fancy and spoil everything Italian, it's easier and more gourmet than ever! The store will remain open until June 14th.

"Irpinia, where I was born, is a beautiful and genuine land but far from the international tourist and business-travel routes – said Maria Gabriella De Matteis, of De Matteis Agroalimentare, which produces Pasta Armando – we then decided to bring some Irpinia to an important crossroads of these routes, or the Milano Centrale station ”.

174640 And so from the lands that are now the province of Avellino, in Campania, arrives the pasta to pack in your suitcase, wheat of the Filiera Armando, conceived in practical travel packs and 2 kg boxes in the most popular formats semolina line and the whole organic line with oats, all produced by this company which is the result of an integrated production system between industry and agriculture, the so-called "Armando ecosystem": it is a sort of pact between the producer, the farmers and the agronomists, for a supply chain and a product of genuine quality.

The grain 100% Italian has a contents minimum protein content of 14.5% and from the fields go directly to the Mill: less than 10% of Italian pasta factories have their own mill and that of De Matteis Agroalimentare is among those. After the mill comes the pasta factory; the wheat is turned into pasta by mixing it with the pure water of the Irpinia springs. And there is aattention to the environment because thanks to the cogeneration plant that feeds the plant it is possible to produce in a manner sustainable. Finally, the integrated production process is fully traceable.

174643 In addition to pasta, in the temporary store you can buy the Armando Beer, produced with the same durum wheat as the supply chain. And various tasty gadgets. Travelers will also find the personalized briefcase, limited edition, containing among other things a copy of the last successful book "Cacio & Pepe" by chef Alessandro Borghese, who attended the opening of the store on April 24th and whose recipes made with Pasta Armando are the protagonists of the TV program Alessandro Borghese Kitchen Sound, broadcast from Monday to Saturday on SkyUnoHD and SkyUno + 1.

IS 174646 d is really in the Borghese restaurant, "The Luxury of Simplicity", located in the heart of the Milan City Life, which the store's customers will be able to win a dinner for two participating in the “scratch and win” competition combined with this temporary shop initiative (there are also many beautiful pasta packages up for grabs!).

In the shop there is also an easier access to theArmando e-shop: isn't the space in your suitcase enough to take away an adequate number of packets of pasta and other Armando products? You can make orders directly from there for any quantity, type and format of product.

Aurora Quinto
May 2019

DISCOVER THE SALT AND PEPPER COOKING COURSES

Recipe Whole pasta with zucchini with salmon – Italian Cuisine

Ingredients

350 g salmon fillet
250 g zucchini
120 g wholemeal pens
40 g baby spinach
basil
extra virgin olive oil
salt
pepper
sugar

Duration: 2 h 40 min

Level: Easy

Dose: 2 people

For the recipe of whole wheat pasta with zucchini with salmon, peel the salmon and cut it into cubes. Season with salt, pepper and sugar, stir and marinate for 2 hours. Check the zucchini and cut them in half; dip them in boiling unsalted water for 4 minutes, then cool them in water and ice. Drain and cut into large slices. Boil the pasta in boiling salted water. Roast the salmon for 3-4 minutes in a pan with a little oil. Blend 6-7 zucchini slices with 25 g of oil, 50 g of water, salt and 2 basil leaves, obtaining a sauce. Drain the pasta and stir in the sauce. Complete it with the salmon, the remaining zucchini and the spinach seasoned with a little raw oil.