Translated 'Little Ears', the small shape of this pasta pairs best with sausage and chunky vegetable sauces. This is a "center of the plate" pasta used by some of the best chefs in Europe.
Benedetto Cavalieri is one of the leading family owned companies that produce pasta by old-World artisanal methods. Founded in 1918, Benedetto Cavalieri continues the family tradition of making pasta according to the time-honored "Delicate Method". Using only the highest quality, freshly milled durum wheat (Semolina), the process involves long kneading of the dough. Every shape of pasta requires a unique blend of semolina flour and water. After kneading, the dough slowly passes through special bronze dies, designed to create each shape and give the pasta a perfectly textured surface to best hold the sauce. After shaping, the pasta is allowed to dry in antique ovens and rest at low temperatures. Slow drying at low temperatures retains more of the nutty flavor and aroma of the durum wheat. Pure, delicious, and versatile, Benedetto Cavalieri pasta is one pantry essential you will not want to be without - buonissimo!!