Morelli - Trofie Pasta 500g

Antico Pastificio Morelli has been making pasta in Tuscany since 1860, making it the oldest company in the province of Pisa. Production moved to the village of San Romano in 1926, and the family workshop still operates there today under the fifth generation, siblings Lucia, Antonio, and Marco Morelli. The company is best known for restoring fresh wheat germ to its pasta, and it avoids preservatives and artificial coloring throughout its range.

Trofie are short, tightly twisted strands that originated along the Golfo Paradiso on the Ligurian coast, where cooks traditionally shaped each piece by rolling dough between their palms. The name is often traced to the Genoese dialect word for rubbing, a nod to that hand motion. Morelli produces its trofie from Italian durum wheat semolina and water using artisan methods, then dries the pasta slowly at low temperature to protect its flavor and structure.

Cooked trofie have a clean, wheaty flavor with a subtle nutty quality. The pasta holds a firm, satisfying chew, and its spiraled grooves capture sauce in every twist.