Rustichella Fregola Sarda | Made in Italy | 500g

Hailing from Sardinia, Fregola Sarda Totata are made from a dough of durum wheat that’s dried and toasted in the oven, giving them a golden colour and a slightly nutty flavour. Great to cook directly in a sauce or broth and equally good served hot or cold. We love this in a salad with butter beans and goat cheese, or to soak up a creamy Chicken Fricassee. 

Rustichella d’Abruzzo is one of the few genuinely artisan pasta manufactures operating in Italy. They use a blend of only the highest grade hard durum wheat which they can source from Italy, Canada and Australia to achieve the ideal balance of proteins, flavour and texture. Once the dough is mixed, it is pressed through bronze dies which gives the pasta a rough and porous surface. This allows the pasta to cook evenly and bind better with sauces and flavours. The pasta is dried at low temperatures over 36 to 50 hours in static drying rooms with regulated humidity to allow the proper fermentation of the semolina and the flavour to fully develop. The pasta will hold its shape during cooking, par-cooking and reheating.