RICCIOLI - an organic pasta produced with semolina from ancient Sicilian grains, Russello variety - Pastificio Minardo .

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Ancient Sicilian grains have the particularity of having a very weak gluten that is easily absorbed by the intestine and does not create eating disorders.

Our production chain is entirely local, does not involve any use of synthetic chemicals and is carried out for each individual variety, from cultivation to storage, to the subsequent processing phases. All the grains used for Pasta Minardo are grown in Sicily, aiming to enhance the territory and workers, thanks to ethical production contracts. Storage occurs separately for each individual variety, while milling is carried out with cylinders for semolina and with stone for wholemeal, in order not to remove the wheat germ, rich in vitamin E. The semolina is kneaded at room temperature, with mineral water from a spring in the Nebrodi mountains, famous for its purity. The pasta is bronze-drawn and dried slowly, at low temperatures, from 24 to 72 hours.

Russello wheat, or Rossello Ibleo with black awns, takes its name from the reddish color of the ear. This variety is used to prepare our Russello semolina pasta. The traditionally recognized areas of origin, diffusion and cultivation fall within the internal areas of low hills and plains of the provinces of Ragusa and Syracuse.
The local variety Rossello is an early variety (maturation: 120 days from sowing), therefore suitable for lowland and coastal environments. When fully eared, the plant is 131-136 cm tall including the ear.

Why buy this pasta?

We only use:
• ancient Sicilian grains, from organic farming
• oligomineral water

We encourage:
• environmental biodiversity
• natural agriculture without the use of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides (e.g. glyphosate)

We practice:
• Stone or cylinder grinding
• Bronze drawing
• Slow drying at low temperatures from 24 to 72 hours

Let's make a dough:
• highly digestible due to the quality of the gluten present in ancient varieties
• with semolina rich in vitamin E (contained in wheat germ)
• particularly tasty due to the raw materials used and the artisanal processing.

CURLS Special format

• Weight: 500g

• Cooking: 6 min

• HoReCa purchase, minimum one pallet also mixed by price type.