Rustichella d'Abruzzo – Spaghetti – Italian Durum Wheat Semolina Pasta
The Spaghetti from Rustichella d'Abruzzo are the classic Italian pasta made from 100% durum wheat semolina. Translated, spaghetti means as much as small strings. Spaghetti is the most well-known and popular Italian pasta shape.
The wonderfully rough, light-colored pasta is pleasantly full-bodied and combines perfectly with all kinds of sauces. Spaghetti tastes great with light, fruity tomato sauces, with aglio-olio-peperoncino, and generally with oil or butter-based sauces, with finely chopped vegetables and herbs. In Southern Italy, bottarga is often shaved over it. The cooking time for the pasta is 9-11 minutes.
Rustichella – Spaghetti from Abruzzo
Abruzzo in Central Italy is a fascinating region that combines sea and mountains. Even in summer, you can ski in the mountains. The cuisine is rustic; in the hilly hinterland, it is hearty and meat-focused, while on the coast, it is dominated by fresh fish. Durum wheat pasta, like these spaghetti, in any form, are a Primi Piatti for the evening meal.
In 1924, Gaetano Sergiacomo, who grew up as the eldest of seven children in a miller's family, founded Pastificio Rustichella d'Abruzzo. And appropriately so, in a small town in the province of Pescara called Penne. Since he knew about the quality of the flour, Gaetano only processed the best durum wheat flour and the soft spring water of Abruzzo into the best pasta.
To this day, nothing has changed in the production of the pasta, even though the company now delivers pasta from Abruzzo all over the world. The pasta dough for the spaghetti, which consists only of semolina and water, is drawn through traditional bronze dies, and this, along with the slow drying over 56 hours at 35 degrees, results in a rough pasta surface that remains evenly al dente and perfectly absorbs sauces. The spaghetti are packaged in the legendary brown paper bag with the Rustichella d'Abruzzo logo.
Pasta production in Italy is part of the cultural heritage, and Gian Luigi Peduzzi, the founder's grandson, is proud of that. He successfully manages the Pastificio in its fourth generation. Not only opera singer Luciano Pavarotti was a big fan of Rustichella d'Abruzzo. You too can enjoy the best al dente pasta from Italy.