Whole Wheat Pasta
June 23, 2010

Le Farrette - Casereccia from PROMETEO

Last night I cooked one of my favorite pasta dishes, "wild mushroom with whole wheat pasta" with this 100% Emmer wheat (Farro) pasta casereccia which I brought back from Italy in May. It was so excellent - perhaps the best whole wheat pasta I ever tasted. It has a wonderful, nutty flavor and the texture is great. I tend to cook whole wheat pasta less than al dente because if you over cook it, it easily becomes very mushy. But to undercook whole wheat pasta is equally unpleasant. So, I usually avoid a whole wheat pasta. But this pasta from PROMETEO was very forgiving, and extremely tasty. Even the leftovers do not have that mushy texture.

I searched for this pasta in the U.S. market but so far I am not successful. The company has an online shop but I am not sure if they ship to the United States.

If you have seen this pasta anywhere, please let me know!