This shape of short pasta , which has longitudinal grooves, is among the most requested ones for making first courses with seafood-based condiments, with prawns and courgettes, with mushrooms and truffles, or stuffed. It can also be used for making baked pasta, to be seasoned, for example, with eggplant and mozzarella.
Cooking time: 10-12 minutes
Rustichella D’Abruzzo history began in 1924. Today Gianluigi and Stefania Peduzzi proudly continue their grandfather’s Abruzzan tradition using only top quality durum wheat semolina, bronze dies and pure mountain water to achieve that perfect texture and taste that made Rustichella D’Abruzzo the most recognized premium pasta, used by top chefs and available in delicatessen shops all over the world.
The drying process is carried out slowly at low temperatures, sometimes for as long as 50 hours at around 35/40 degrees, unlike industrial pasta where drying is carried out at 90 degrees for 4/5 hours.