Bucatini with Toasted Garlic, Chile Flakes, Colatura, and Egg Yolk

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times from the Brooklyn Restaurant

By Nick Curtola, Gabe Ulla, James Murphy and Justin Chearno

Published 2024

  • About

Somewhere between a decadent carbonara and a sharp aglio, olio, e peperoncino (pasta with garlic, oil, and chile), this dish comes alive with colatura di alici, an Italian fish sauce (the name translates to “anchovy drippings”). Cooking the garlic and chile flakes calls for a light touch, because you want the aromas to bloom, not burn. Later on, when it’s time to add the eggs, take extra care that the yolks don’t scramble as you coat the noodles with the sauce, which can happen if the heat