Minardo - Anelletti organic durum pasta, 500g

Anelletti are thin ring shaped pasta from Sicily (also called anelli, the word in Italian for small rings), used by Italians almost exclusively in soups, salads and oven-baked pasta dishes, especially timballi. There is also a smaller version of this pasta called 'anellini’, which are tiny rings used mostly in soups.

The ring shape works particularly well in baked pasta dishes; covered with sauce, layered with mozzarella, topped with parmesan and baked under a medium heat. This type of baked pasta dish is known as 'timballo' in Southern Italy and are often made to look like a pasta cake or pie. They are traditionally baked in a cake shape to celebrate the New Year and other holidays in Sicily.

Minardo makes their pasta from the Russello durum wheat, which is an ancient Sicilian durum grain.