This very peculiar type of “curl-looking” artisan pasta combines well with vegetable or meat ragù, or with Gorgonzola and nut cream or peas and sausage. Condiments with Rustichella d’Abruzzo “alla Puttanesca” and “alla Genovese” sauces are also recommended. Cooking time: 10-12 minutes.

Historical testimonies prove that Tagliolini is originally from Piedmont and Molise. Thanks to its thin diameter and short cooking time, Egg Nests are used to make traditional recipes with a gourmet touch, but also combined with full-bodied sauces. The intense smell of fresh eggs and durum wheat semolina will conquer you from the very beginning, when opening the packaging, and will inspire you. The most famous recipe is Nests with Porcini mushrooms and Alba black Truffle slivers, with a bit of Abruzzo pecorino cheese and an Extra Virgin Olive Oil. We recommend it also with some of our sauces, such as ‘Ragù bianco’ or ‘bianco alla Salsiccia’. Cooking time: 2-3 minutes.

Spaghetti is the most famous and sold type of pasta which has become over the years the symbol of the Italian culinary culture as well as worthy representative of Italy abroad. There are plenty of combinations: from fresh tomato sauce and basil, a tomato-based seafood, through the classic condiments like "Carbonara" and "Cacio e Pepe" to the vegetables. Cooking time: 9-11 minutes.

Pici is a kind of pasta that looks like larger Spaghetti and represents one of the recent new items out of the line Formati Regionali of Rustichella d’Abruzzo. The classic condiment is aglione, a tomato sauce with a particular type of garlic cultivated only in Sarteano (Siena) and its surroundings. However, this pasta can be combined also with livers sauce or with sautéed breadcrumbs in olive oil. Condiments like Rustichella d’Abruzzo “ai Funghi Porcini” and the amazing “Tartufata” sauces are also recommended. Cooking time: 20-22 minutes.

Originally from Campania, this shape looks like giant Maccheroni and is one of the most cooked types of pasta in Italy and in the world. Paccheri is used in a lot of recipes: from king prawns with Porcini mushrooms and nduja (a type of spicy sausage), to mozzarella cheese and pepper sauce, or with prawns and mashed mullet’s eggs, or cherry tomatoes and burrata cheese. Also, they can be filled with asparugs and bufala mozzarella cheese or mixed vegetables. It is recommended also with Rustichella d’Abruzzo “alla Napoletana” sauce. Cooking time: 13-15 minutes.