Sagne Pasta from Central Italy. Sagne pasta (also called sagnette) is a traditional homemade pasta, typical of the cuisine of Abruzzo, Molise and parts of Lazio, as well as Salento in Puglia. The origins of sagne pasta. Sagne pasta usually looks like short rustic tagliatelle or...
Fried Sagne Pasta with Chickpeas: Recipe from Abruzzo. Known as ‘sagne fritte con ceci’ in Italian and ‘sagne sfritt’e cice’ in the local dialect, this fried sagne with chickpeas is one of the best pasta and legume recipes I have tried. I love the fact that it includes...
Trescatori Pasta from Abruzzo. Trescatori is another pasta I bought whilst on holiday in Abruzzo earlier this year. However, after doing some research about this pasta, I could only find it made by a couple of artisan pasta makers in Abruzzo. These pasta makers describe this pasta as being...
Cavatelli Pasta from Southern Italy. Rather similar looking to Sardinian gnocchi (malloreddus), cavatelli pasta are originally from the Molise and Puglia regions. However, this pasta is popular throughout Southern Italy and traditional today in Abruzzo, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily...
Spaghetti alla chitarra with 4 meat ragu. Why 4 meat ragu from Abruzzo? This 4 meat ragu recipe is really perfect for special occasions or just when you want to feed your family a one plate hearty and warming meal. Perfect, now that autumn is almost upon us! The first time I served it I was...
Fettuccini pasta with saffron and zucchini; This pasta with saffron and zucchini recipe is one of the many I have found on Italian recipe sites since returning from Abruzzo with my 2 grams of saffron. Apparently 1 gram can make 18 portions of pasta, so they’ll be more saffron pasta...
