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.