A great pasta, waiting for a recipe
            
            Pasta and macaroni
            
            
            Italian cuisine
            
            
        
      
      
    
  In his latest book, Heart of the Artichoke, David Tanis describes a pasta made by one Uncle Luciano in Tuscany. Simple, economical, unexpected. Small problem is that he lists the ingredients but no proportions. I've made this pasta by eye half a dozen times, with pastas long and short. Every time, subtle and sublime. I'm not confident enough to prescribe exactly how much of each ingredient. If anyone smart cares to, here's the basics Tanis describes:
 
             
                     
                     
                    
                    
                    
                    
                
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