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Orecchiette
Caroli
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€ 4,95
Artisanal & slow dried
Monopoli is a coastal town on the Adriatic Sea just below Bari. The town is a popular tourist destination and is primarily known for its baroque cathedral with its high clocktower and the fantastic fish restaurants next to the sea. In this town the Caroli family produces artisanal fresh and dried pasta made from local durum wheat.
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Quality
Flour is mixed with water and kneaded into a dough at low temperatures. During kneading, gluten is formed from starch, proteins, and water, resulting in a supple dough. Then, depending on the specific pasta shape, the dough is either pressed through bronze dies or shaped by hand. The pasta varieties that we offer are all transformed into their shape by hand. The dough is rolled out into long “snakes”, after which they are cut into small pieces and shaped with a small knife (the nonna-knife).
Drying at low temperatures
After shaping the pasta, it is dried at low temperatures. The drying is the most crucial phase in the pasta making process. In general, the slower the pasta is dried, the better the result will be. This is where the difference is made between small-scale production and large industrialized production. Mass producers will dry as quickly as possible for efficiency. For the Carolis this is never an option because quality is important.
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Orecchiette
Orecchiette (small ears) are the most common pasta shape from Puglia and the symbol of the city of Bari. The pasta is made by dragging a small knife (the nonna-knife) over a piece of dough. The piece of dough will curl up into a hollow pasta shape that is, with some imagination, like a human ear. Anywhere in Bari you can find nonnas (grandmothers) drying their own homemade orecchiette in the streets. This pasta is ideal for the binding rich sauces with meat of vegetables. In Puglia this pasta is often combined with sausage or broccoli rabe.
Puglian varieties
You can order this pasta in packages of eight packs of 500g that you can combine with other pasta shapes by the Caroli family: Strascinate, Strozzapreti, Cavatelli and Foglie d’Ulivo. You can combine whatever you like. Of course, if you are fond of Orecchiette, you can also just buy eight packs of Orecchiette.
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