Mezze penne rigate 141 De Cecco

Description

Mezze Penne Rigate belong to the Penne family and differ from them in that they are shorter.

The term Penne refers, in the Italian language, to the goose feather used in ancient times for writing and which was cut on the bias to obtain a thin tip. The shape, obtained from a tube of pasta, smooth or ridged, of variable length, has the characteristic diagonal cut typical of the writing pen.

Penne are one of the few pasta shapes with a certain birth date: in 1865, in fact, a pasta maker from San Martino d’Albaro (Genoa), Giovanni Battista Capurro, requested and obtained a patent for a diagonal cutting machine. The patent was important because it allowed fresh pasta to be cut into the shape of a pen without squashing it, in a variable size between 3 and 5 centimeters (mezze penne or penne). The document kept at the Central Archives of the State of Rome states: “Until now, the diagonal cut could only be obtained with hand scissors, a method that, in addition to being too slow and expensive, had the drawback of producing an irregular cut and squashing the pasta”.

Thanks to their small size, Mezze Penne Rigate are perfect for blending well with sauces, especially the creamier ones, both red ones with tomato sauce and white ones with cheese, or with classic soups to be savoured with a spoon.

Available in 500 g and 3 kg packs.