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Gnocchi Napoletani are the pasta dumplings of the Naples region. They are shell shaped but open on one side–all the better to capture a tasty sauce! The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to…
These rolls of pasta look like braids of hair–in Italian, trecce literally means braid. The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to al-dente. It also gives the pasta a golden color. Bronze cut pasta molds…
This little known cut recalls a scroll of paper or papyrus (papiri in Italian). The folds of the “scroll” hold sauce well. The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to al-dente. It also gives the pasta…
This variety of spaghetti is square rather than round, bringing to mind the the neck of a guitar, or chitarra in Italian. In Abruzzo, this cut is prepared with a meat sauce of beef, pork and lamb. Less traditional sauces might include wild boar, hare or venison. Spaghetti alla Chitarra goes well with rich sauces. The selected semolina…
The word fusilli comes from the Italian word for spindle, an apt description for this twisted shape. The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to al-dente. It also gives the pasta a golden color.…
This organic whole wheat spaghetti is just slightly narrower than its traditional semolina sibling and has a shorter cooking time. The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to al-dente. It also gives the pasta…
Penne, a narrow tube-shaped pasta cut at an angle, literally means pens–like the tip of a quill pen. The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to al-dente. It also gives the pasta a golden…
Paccheri is a broad, tube-shaped pasta absent ridges. The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to al-dente. It also gives the pasta a golden color. Bronze cut pasta molds create a rough and porous…
Candele corte literally means small candles. The selected semolina wheat used in this pasta is strictly of Italian origin and of the best quality, including the Senatore Capelli variety which is renowned for cooking to al-dente. It also gives the pasta a golden color. Bronze cut pasta molds create a rough and porous texture much…
This special ham starts with pigs that are born and bred in Italy (Large Whites). The leg is free from nitrites, nitrates, gluten, milk/lactose, and MSG and has no added polyphosphates. Braceri, an herbed ham, is layered with a bouquet of fennel, rosemary, coriander, clove, anise, and caraway. The ham is slow cooked 17 hours.