Short candele – Pasta di Gragnano IGP

The candele of the Neapolitan tradition, already broken and ready to cook. Long smooth tubes, ideal for ragù and Genovese sauce.

In the twentieth century Gragnano pasta had to face competition from the large pasta factories of northern Italy, which had far greater capital. The 1980 earthquake made things worse and drastically reduced the number of pasta makers.

Livia and Alfonso Iaccarino believed in reviving the skilled production methods of the past, and succeeded thanks to the work of a few artisans who were as willing and as stubborn as they were. In those years, through its search for authentic old flavours, Don Alfonso 1890 created enough demand to make an almost abandoned market flourish again, giving rise to a kind of return economy based on the value of artisan production.

With this local vocation restored, the old pasta makers started producing again, and today their pasta can be found in the finest delicatessens in Italy and around the world. It is a concrete example of what caring for the land means to the Iaccarino family: supporting those who live there and keep its know-how alive.

The shape

Short candele from the «Don Alfonso 1890 Selection», artisan pasta made in Gragnano with durum wheat semolina grown and milled in Italy, bronze-drawn.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Pack: 500 g.

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