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.
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.
In the group of spaghetti molds we are exactly in the middle, with a thickness of 1.6 mm. This is pretty much exactly what we in Germany know as standard spaghetti. Whether you like the thinner capellini or spaghettini, or the thicker vermicelli, we will leave it to your taste. This pasta comes from Italy, is made from the best durum wheat semolina, but without eggs.