Moro Pasta con segale

Moro Pasta con segale is a dry pasta line of the Moro Pasta brand from Pastificio di Chiavenna made with rye flour. The factory says rye has deep roots in Valtellina's farming and presents the line as a tribute to local tradition; the pasta is a source of fibre.

According to the official fusilli page, the ingredients are durum wheat semolina (60%) and rye flour (40%), mixed with water. The dough is extruded through dies and then dried, like other dry pasta. The rye gives a darker colour and, according to the maker, a distinctive, slightly spicy flavour. As both wheat and rye contain gluten, this pasta is not suitable for a gluten-free diet.

The line has three shapes: penne (sold as pennette, 350 g), fusilli (350 g) and fidelin, a thin long pasta (500 g). The factory's website offers a recipe for rye fusilli as a vegetarian poke with avocado cream, seitan, cherry tomatoes, olives and rocket.

The line complements Moro Pasta con grano saraceno and the PGI pizzoccheri: all three are built on grains that have long been grown in the Alps.