Gentile Pappa & Pomodoro
Pastificio Gentile's children's line from Gragnano: small organic pasta shapes – letters, pipe rigate, wheels, pennette and fusilli.
Gentile Pappa & Pomodoro is the children's line of Pastificio Gentile in Gragnano. The maker says it created the line especially for children: small pasta shapes made with organic Senatore Cappelli wheat, drawn through bronze dies and dried following the Cirillo method. The labels list organic durum wheat semolina and water.
There are five shapes, each in a 250 g pack and cooked in 6 minutes: le letterine (alphabet letters), le pipe rigate, le ruote (wheels), le pennette and i fusilli. Pipe rigate are easy to eat with a spoon and collect sauce or creamy dressings in their hollows; the wheels are easy for children to pick up with a fork.
Under the same name the maker also sells simple organic sauces and fruit spreads made for children.
The line is not labelled Pasta di Gragnano PGI.
Facts
| Raw material | Organic durum wheat semolina, water |
|---|---|
| Main use | Small pasta shapes for children |
What it includes
How it connects to Pasta
Gentile Pappa & Pomodoro → kind of → Dry durum wheat pasta → kind of → 🍝 Pasta
Links
- What it contains
- Semolina, 🌾 Durum wheat
- Part of
- Pastificio Gentile, Dry durum wheat pasta
- Similar and different
- Alphabet pasta, Rotelle, Penne, Fusilli
Frequently asked questions
How long does Gentile Pappa & Pomodoro pasta cook?
6 minutes, for all five shapes.
What is Gentile Pappa & Pomodoro pasta made of?
Organic durum wheat semolina and water; the maker names the Senatore Cappelli variety.
What to read next
- Semolina — Coarse, yellowish meal ground from durum wheat: the main raw material of dry pasta.
- Alphabet pasta — Tiny dry pasta shaped like letters, cooked in broth and soups and made from durum wheat semolina and water.
- 🌾 Durum wheat — A wheat species with very hard grain and strong gluten, milled into semolina for dry pasta and couscous.
- Rotelle — Short pasta in the shape of a wheel: spokes joined to a ridged rim, like a cog wheel.
- Penne — Short pasta tubes cut diagonally at the ends, smooth or ridged (rigate); the name means “pen” in Italian.
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