Pick-a-Pepper Pasta (Bucatini with Hot and Sweet and Pickled Peppers Sauce)

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Total Time:
1 hr 0 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
45 min
Yield:
4 to 6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons EVOO
  • 4 ounces guanciale, speck, pancetta or bacon, 1/4-inch dice
  • 3 to 4 cloves garlic, chopped or sliced
  • 2 medium or 1 large red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  • 2 cubanelle peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 1 red onion, chopped
  • 1 Fresno pepper, seeded and chopped
  • About 3 tablespoons hot pickled Italian cherry peppers, chopped, plus 2 tablespoons of their pickle juice
  • One 28- to 32-ounce can D.O.P. San Marzano tomatoes
  • 2 cups passata or tomato puree or tomato sauce
  • A few fresh leaves basil, torn
  • A handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pound bucatini pasta (hollow spaghetti)
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • Pecorino cheese, to pass at table

Directions

Heat a deep skillet or Dutch oven with the EVOO, 2 turns of the pan, over medium-high heat. Add the guanciale and brown until lightly crisp. Add the garlic, bell pepper, cubanelles, onions and fresno peppers, and cook until tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the pickled peppers and a big splash of their juice, about 2 tablespoons, and deglaze the pan - hold your head back or you'll really clean out your sinuses. Add the tomatoes and crush up a bit, then stir in the passata and basil. Simmer to thicken 30 minutes or so. Add the parsley, season with salt and pepper. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal. Reheat over medium flame.

To serve: While the sauce heats, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water and cook the pasta to al dente. Reserve a ladle of the starchy cooking water and drain. Toss the pasta with the butter and half the sauce. Add a little starchy water if too thick. Serve the pasta in shallow bowls, topped with the remaining sauce and pecorino cheese.

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  • on October 24, 2012

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    Only just OK, although I used sweet pickled peppers because I couldn't find the spicy ones. Will likely not make again--easier to buy sauce of this quality.

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