Antiche Tradizioni di Gragnano Pasta Corta

Antiche Tradizioni di Gragnano Pasta Corta is the short-cut part of the range of Antiche Tradizioni di Gragnano, an artisan pastificio in Gragnano near Naples. According to the official product pages, the ingredients are durum wheat semolina and water; the company uses semolina from 100% Italian wheat and spring water from Monte Faito.

The dough is drawn through bronze dies, which gives the rough surface typical of pasta from Gragnano, and the pasta is dried slowly in static cells at low temperature for at least 24 hours. It is sold in 500 g packs.

The line is wide: smooth and ridged penne, mezze penne, pennoni, rigatoni, tortiglioni, smooth and ridged paccheri and mezzi paccheri, mezze maniche, ziti tagliati, tubetti and tubettoni, lumaconi, conchiglie, candele tagliate, calamaretti, gnocchi napoletani, pasta mista for soups, and Vesuvio, a pointed format named after the volcano above the Gulf of Naples.

Short shapes like these suit thick tomato and meat sauces, baked pasta and vegetable dishes, while pasta mista and tubetti go into bean and legume soups. The line belongs to dry durum wheat pasta.