Il Re della Pasta Pasta Corta

Il Re della Pasta Pasta Corta is the short-pasta line of Il Re della Pasta, a pasta company in Gragnano near Naples. Like its long pasta, it is made from durum wheat semolina and water, with wheat grown and milled in Italy, and produced by Pastificio della Forma in Gragnano with bronze dies and slow drying.

The online shop lists about 40 short items. They include classic shapes such as penne lisce, farfalle, fusilli corti, tubettoni rigati, mezzi paccheri lisci and gnocchetti, as well as larger and more decorative formats: eliche giganti (giant spirals), gigli (lily-shaped), torchietti, ricci imperiali and the house shapes Re di Cuori and Oro del Re. According to the company's history page, the range also includes paccheri, calamarata, conchiglie and candele.

Short shapes suit thick tomato and meat sauces, baked pasta, vegetable sauces and pasta salads; small tubes such as tubettoni are used in bean soups. The line belongs to dry durum wheat pasta.