3 x Italian Orecchiette Pasta 500g - Pasta di Gragnano

Bronze die cut, dried at low temperatures and made in Gragnano the birthplace of dry pasta, our Pasta Gragnanese Orecchiette not only taste better and retain all of their goodness when cooked, they also have plenty of surface area to absorb the flavour and liquid of the sauce with which it they are served.

Orecchiette, originally from Puglia are a round disk, slightly sunken in the middle, so called for the shape that recalls a small ear. Their cup-like interior is perfect for capturing chunky sauces and scooping up small vegetables such as peas.

Traditionally served with cime di rapa or broccoli with anchovies, orecchiette also go well with a tomato-based sauces with or without miniature meatballs and/or a sprinkling of ricotta forte, a seasoned sheep's-milk variety of ricotta cheese.