durum wheat flour

Webmaster August 10, 2023 0 Comments chilli, durum wheat flour, fresh tuna, origan, parsley, tomato, Tropea onions

Fileja with tuna and Tropea onions

Fileja with tuna and Tropea onions are a typical recipe from Tropea in Calabria. Fileja are a traditional pasta shape from the area that has been prepared for generations. The peculiarity of this pasta is in the preparation method, the dough is adhered around a stick of dry wood (dinacu or filejo) a few millimeters thick, 3-4 at most, produced by a wild plant widespread in the area, called Gutamara or Sparto, around which the dough is wrapped to make it take on the characteristic rolled shape, through spinning. Their name comes from spinning. Even this pasta shape like all the others of Calabrian origin goes well with the typical products of the place such as freshly caught tuna and the delicious Tropea onions.

Basilicata pasta recipes

Webmaster August 10, 2023 0 Comments chilli, cod, durum wheat flour, garlic, strascinati

Strascinati with cod and bran peppers

The strascinati with cod and bran peppers are a typical recipe from Basilicata. In traditional Lucanian gastronomy, cruschi peppers are one of the most used ingredients, we can find them both as an appetizer and as a condiment for homemade pasta or meat or fish main courses, including cod with cruschi peppers. One of the most famous and traditional recipes calls for them with strascinati, a pasta shape typical of a vast area that includes both Puglia and Basilicata, similar to capunti only that they are wider and more open. Their name derives from the way in which they are prepared: by dragging small portions of dough onto the pastry board by gripping three fingers.