Olives West Cork - Bucatini

Bucatini pasta is a revelation for those not used to it. It appears to be just another spaghetti until you look closer to find it thicker with a hollow center. Where spaghetti or linguine get coated with sauce, bucatini gets coated and filled with sauce. This is unreal pasta. This pasta obtained Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status in 2010 and is a mix of durum wheat flour with pure local groundwater. It has a coarse appearance, typical of bronze die extrusion, with excellent sauce retention. This pasta has been hailed by world-famous, Michelin-starred chef, Massimo Bottura (as seen on Netflix series “Chefs Table”) as the “best pasta in Italy”.