Product Description

Rustichella d'Abruzzo ("little rustic thing from Abruzzo") is a throwback to a simpler time. Made by artisans in Italy's Abruzzo region, just east of Rome, the pasta is shaped in bronze dies and dried slowly in warm rooms. The process carefully preserves the pasta's durum wheat character, and produces a porous surface. Penne is named for the Latin "penna" (feather), because the sharp angle of the pasta is reminiscent of the freshly cut nib on a quill pen. Serve with fiery arrabbiata sauce.