Pasta Bossolasco makes a Neapolitan typical pasta format as Paccheri happy to take the Piedmontese citizenship too Knowledge and dedication to raw materials are elements that guarantee the high quality of pasta. The care towards raw materials is not only a slogan, but it realizes with the own cultivation of wheat, in the fields adjacent to the pasta production building, that will be then transformed into artisanal pasta by the company itself. The agriculture respecting the environment this way integrates the craft processing, with slow drying on wooden looms, bronze drawing, all of them taking the necessary time in order to respect and maintain the best properties both on the nutritional and the taste sides.

The particular geological composition is what defines the uniqueness of the Liguria territory. The marked contest between coast and mountains not only creates suggestive landscapes but unrepeatable opportunities concerning the wine and food production. Pasta Liguria benefits exactly from these natural characteristics to propose high quality products endowed with a strong territory connotation. Starting from water, whose importance is often underrated in pasta production but is actually fundamental, which comes from the spring of the Natural Park of Antola, with a protected area of more than 4000 hectares and so able to offer pure and uncontaminated spring water. Only Italian durum wheat, slow drying, bronze wire drawing (that is to say the key elements of a craft pasta), together with skills and territory knowledge give as a result typical high quality regional pasta (as the Trenette pasta di grano duro da agricoltura biologica - Pasta di Liguria), with which you can exalt at their best Ligurian recipes and many others!

1867, it is the date the attested by a certificate in the chamber of commerce which marks the beginning of the activity as artisanal pasta producers by the Masciarelli family. A company that has been expanding with the passing of time, still maintaining the artisanal character that stood it out at the birth, testified by the irregular shape of Pastificio Masciarelli products. The choice of fine local durum wheats, the use of water coming from the near Majella Natural Park, the bronze drawing and the slow drying at 40 degrees are at the base of the excellence of this product. These are processes and attentions which are fundamental to maintain the taste, the consistency and the organoleptic qualities intact. The goodness of the product has been rewarded in 2013 by Gambero Rosso, with the award as pasta with the best quality/price ratio. In the picture Fusilli Masciarelli with Ricotta di Bufala (Buffalo Ricotta) - Caseificio Artigianale Esposito, Pachino Cherry Tomatoes and Pistacchi di Sicilia crudi e sgusciati - Azienda Agricola Fastuchera.

The experts of the subject state that what truly certifies the quality of an Italian pasta is how it stay firm or not after cooking, that is to say that pasta , after boiling, has to maintain its original shape without laying down and at the same time being properly cooked. When we tried Calamarata di Gragnano - Molino e Pastificio A. Amadio it was immediately clear that this parameter was 100% respected, finding a great and enveloping taste too. It is a certified Pasta di Gragnano IGP, so produced using exclusively Italian durum wheats, bronze drawn and subject to slow drying. These characteristics are necessary to obtain a product which is not only good on the tasting side, but also as it concerns the nutritional values and therefore having a positive impact on body health.

To prepare great Bolognese lasagne the quality of the pastry sheet is essential, indeed often the pasta used in this typical specialty is overshadowed by the rest of the ingredients. A pastry sheet that can make is presence consistent gives an extra step to the recipe in its complex, for this reason the Pastificio Caponi has just begun the production of the lasagna sheets. PASTRY SHEETS / LASAGNE - PASTIFICIO CAPONI are an artisanal product, exactly like the home made pasta prepared by the most skilled Bolognese grandmothers. The formula is the usual: 24 egg yolks coming from selected breedings, Italian durum wheat semolina carefully selected and slow drying of 70-80 hours in order to maintain all the tastes and properties. Thanks to the first choice ingredients, the knowledges and the production skills, pasta Caponi represents an excellence with few rivals in the Italian gastronomic panorama.