Spaghetti vs Bucatini
Compare solid spaghetti with hollow, thicker bucatini and choose the right long pasta for oil, tomato and cured-pork sauces.
Spaghetti is a solid round strand. Bucatini is thicker and hollow, giving more chew and carrying robust sauces such as Amatriciana.
Spaghetti
Solid round strand
Versatile and widely available
Suits smooth oil, egg and tomato sauces
Bucatini
Thick hollow strand
More substantial bite
Suits robust tomato and cured-pork sauces
Which should you choose?
- Use spaghetti where a flexible light strand helps an emulsion.
- Use bucatini when the sauce can handle its weight and lively fork behaviour.
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