Large Elbows no. 33

The name Elbows is the translation of the Italian “Gomiti”. The double-ended opening and the distinctive ridges make this pasta perfect with less dense, more liquid sauces, all of which are captured inside it. Large Elbows are excellent just with a simple tomato sauce, but are also delicious with sauces made from beef, pork or vegetables. Absolutely perfect for the America’s favorite Mac & Cheese. Available in 16.0 oz and 5 lb pack.

Large Elbows no. 33
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Our method

Attention, care, experience and quality during every phase: from our mill to your table.

The selection of the wheat

Selecting excellent primary materials is the first step, the most important one in fact, in creating unique pasta.
grano

The milling

We have been millers for almost two centuries: way back in 1831, Don Nicola De Cecco was already producing “the best flour in the county” in his mill. To this day, we grind all the wheat in our own mill next to the pasta factory, floating with intense and delicious aromas.
molitura

The dough

Cold water and dough at a temperature of less than 15 degrees: two details allowing us to produce pasta that fully respects the primary material.
impastamento

The drawing process

While it is the drawing process that gives the pasta its shape, it is the rough die that make our pasta uniquely porous, so it captures all the sauce. Hence, this is one of the special procedures we have chosen to preserve and protect. With great pride.
trafilatura

The drying process

Another of the secrets behind our pasta is slow drying at low temperature. It is our way of keeping the sensory properties of the wheat intact.
essiccazione



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