THE Saluzzi they are first of all a family that has joined forces and handed down to their children who today represent the second generation, their knowledge and the tenacity and determination to transform themselves from a cereal company into a pasta factory, hence the selection for the best grains and the preservation of the valuable varieties of ancient grains , cultivar of its territory, Basilicata is how the Paccheri
To understand the work behind a pack of Paccheri , it is necessary to follow all its production. A truly captivating production, which is different every year from the previous one and whose supply chain is guaranteed for one artisan pasta, produced and transformed within a radius of 10 km from the company, 100% lucana. We start from the plowing in August to get to the harvest in July.
Once ready, the grain is threshed and transported to the storage silos to then be carefully transformed in the mill. At this point the semolina is ready for transformation inside the pasta factory, the cycle involves the mixing and the passage through the bronze drawing which, in addition to giving the pasta the ideal roughness characteristics, enhances its flavor and makes it homogeneous.
This is followed by drying at 40 °C, the duration of which ranges from 14 to 34 hours, according to the different formats. L'drying slow at low temperature leaves the organoleptic characteristics of the semolina unchanged and enhances the peculiar characteristics of the finished product.
THE Striped Paccheri they lend themselves to many recipes just think about the Neapolitan paccheri, to stuffed paccheri and numerous seafood recipes such as paccheri with seafood.