Calamari, Thick Pasta Rings, from Gragnano

by Pasta di Gragnano

Product Features

• Produced in Gragnano, just outside Naples, the birthplace of dried pasta.
• This cooperative, a cooperative of pasta makers, produces this unique line of bronze-died pasta
• Made with local wheat

Product Description

Just outside Naples and the Amalfi coast, Gragnano is reputed as the birthplace of dried pasta. There, a consortium of small producers, the Cooperativa di Pasta Gragnano, produces the region's most traditional cuts, strictly adhering the artisan production techniques of yesteryear. Using only bronze dies and slow-drying techniques, the Cooperativa crafts pasta of unbelievably rough texture and palate-bursting flavor. Today, they are at the forefront of a local effort to preserve the artisan traditions behind the legendary Gragnano name. Says Cooperativa president, Antonio Marchetti, in the Washington Post, "Real pasta can be forgotten if we are not careful."

This exotic and unusual cut, shaped like a plump calamari, is delicious tossed with fresh seafood or tomato-based sauces.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0000DCXFB
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,964 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)