Maccheroni al pettine

iB Food has been sourcing the finest authentic Mediterranean chef ingredients since 1987, direct from Italy, made to traditional regional recipes using only home made or local produce. The passion of the company has been its motivation to continue in its quest for top ingredients that make a difference for the chefs.

iB Food’s range of  dried egg pasta and Altamura wheat pasta come from a small range of artisan Italian suppliers whose families has been making pasta using traditional methods and authentic regional recipes since 1933. iB food offers over 45 different shapes to choose from.

The simplicity of their ingredients, extra fine durum wheat flour and whole fresh eggs (minimum 33%), obtained after a vigorous selection, makes the pasta simple to cook: all you need is lots of salted boiling water.  The skill, pride and enthusiasm in making the pasta, the slow and natural drying process: all these combine to create pasta with a consistent and unmistakable porosity, pasta which swells considerably during the very short cooking times. You will appreciate the fine taste and its rich aromas, a boundless passion for the products that will overwhelm.

Maccheroni al pettine is a regional speciality of the Modena area of northern Italy making it a substantial and flavoursome dried egg pasta shape.
The earliest reference to Maccheroni al Pettine can be found in recipes by Messisbego and Scappi, two leading writers of the 16th century.
Traditionally the pasta was made by hand from eggs and wheat flour using an iron rod, similar to a ridged rolling pin.  

The dough was wrapped around the rods to produce tubes with deep grooves to collect and hold the rich sauce with which the pasta was typically served.
Another range of large unusual shapes is made with the finest durum wheat of Altamura, a place in Molise near Puglia famous for its flour and its bread. All our pastas are made with Extrusion in Bronze.

For risottos iB food only stocks the two authentic varieties. Known as the king of risotto rice Carnaroli is pearly white short-grained rice from the Veneto region of Italy. It is ideal for delicate risottos using fish to champagne. Vialone Nano , grown in the Veronese region is  versatile semi fine rice. It contains more starch than other varieties and cooks to a firm and balanced consistency. The medium size grains are oval shaped with the hint of a white stripe. Ideal for full bodied risottos.

For further information on iB Food’s complete range of Mediterranean  Chef Ingredients please contact the sales team on Free Phone 0800 2525222 or visit their website at www.ibfood.com