Bucatini, also known as perciatelli, is a thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center. The name comes from buco, meaning `hole`, while bucato means `pierced`. Bucatini is common throughout Lazio, particularly Rome. It is a tubed pasta made of hard durum wheat flour and water. Its length is 25–30 cm (10–12 in) with a 3... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucatini