Recipe #4: Bucatini with Bottarga (p. 152 & 153)

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Published Sunday, September 21, 2025

Cost per serving: $1.70

I am not much of a pasta person and rarely make it, mainly due to pastas calorie count, but really wanted to try this recipe due to two ingredients that are found within the recipe, which are capers and anchovies.

One change that I made was to include ground brown bread as the topping instead of using a baguette.  I only use brown bread for making toast, etc. so chose to use what I had in my pantry, knowing that I would not be needing more than a couple of slices for the bread topping.   This made the recipe look a little dirtier, which I totally knew would happen.

The pasta came out al dente, which means that it was boiled to perfection, but due to the thickness of this pasta, I should have included more capers and anchovies so the flavor popped more with these two ingredients, but neglected to go with my gut on this, but I can always add more when reheating the leftovers.

This recipe also took more time to make in comparison to my other three recipes, which does not really matter for a single individual who has the time, but just noticed this as I was prepping and preparing all the ingredients.  Due to not being a consumer of pasta, I just found this recipe a bit harder to enjoy than the other three recipes that I have made.  

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