Orzo pasta comes under different names in Italy but they all refer to the same small barley, orzo or rice-grain shaped pasta. Granoro’s is called Rosmarino and it is made from high quality durum wheat.
A versatile, rice-shaped pasta, perfect for salads, soups or as a filler for stuffed vegetables. Use it to replace Arborio rice in risottos for a delicious pasta risotto.
Grooved shapes were in fact a solution discovered by die makers in the 1950s. The grooves prevented the pasta pieces from sticking together during the drying process.