DiCuonzo of Puglia

Orecchiette (Puglia)

This pasta wowed us at an Oldways-sponsored event held in Andria last year. This most typical pasta of Puglia is delicately shaped by DiCuonzo, and its condiment-gripping shape inspire typical dishes like Orecchiette con le cime di rapa. Little-known farina arsa, a toasted wheat flour, is used in a richly brown-silver colored version of the classic orecchiette. Farina arsa "burnt flour" pasta comes from a little-known Pugliese tradition dating back to when local nobles allowed their peasants to glean from fields after the wheat harvest. Since the fields had already been burned clean, gleaners found lots of blackened grains, which they frugally incorporated into their poor-man’s orecchiette.

Today the limited edition Orecchiette with Farina Arsa combines beautifully with vegetable condiments such as zucchini flowers and fresh peas, golden squash, white fish flakes, and other contrasting colored foods. A rare find.

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• 27102PUG
  DiCuonzo Orecchiette Farina Arsa (toasted wheat)
  Size - 1 lb. bag
  Qty - 12/cs
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• 27101PUG
  DiCuonzo Orecchiette Plain
  Size - 1 lb. bag
  Qty - 12/cs
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