Quality Dried Pasta
It’s more of a meal
Claire Bookham spent seven years in Italy and was disappointed by the lack of fresh, quality pasta products in the UK. This prompted us to create a range of pasta, which is able to compete with the very best of “Made in Italy”. In order to offer our customers more convenience, we have moved away from fresh pasta to concentrate on creating a range of quality dried pasta. Committed as we are to supporting British Agriculture, we source our durum wheat from Norfolk, where it is both grown and milled. Unlike other processed flours, durum wheat flour retains more of the whole wheat. This helps the pasta to maintain its consistency AND flavour during the cooking process, unlike cheaper pastas that create a starchy foam as they cook, becoming insipid and rubbery. Furthermore, the use of a coarse bronze dye gives our pasta a roughness that helps the sauce grip the pasta. The result, we are sure you will agree, is a pasta so full of flavour that you will be hard pushed to tell it from its fresh counterpart. We also dry the pasta slowly, most pasta is fast dried which means it forms an outer skin, from which the sauce will slide off. Our pasta is able to absorb the sauce, combine this with the convenience of a long shelf-life and a short cooking time, as well as a total absence of eggs and you have a product you’ll wonder how you ever managed without!
Cooks in just 5 minutes
Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, salt generously, add the pasta, return to the boil and simmer for a good five minutes (while you heat your sauce). Drain, add butter and then add the pasta to your heated sauce. Serve immediately onto a warm plate Finish with a generous sprinkling of cheese; both our Sussex Charmer and Vegetarian Pasta Cheese are ideal.
TOP TIP – Always eat pasta when it’s hot, if it cools down, place it in the oven for 10 minutes.
Did you Know?
When it comes to unfilled pasta Italians prefer Dried to Fresh. The obsession with fresh seems to have started in the 1990’s and is simply a case of people wanting to be 'authentic' without checking the facts or indeed what tastes better. Quality dried pasta such as ours is far easier to cook to the consistency you require. Also it is very convenient as it will store in cupboard for up to 12 months, with no need to refrigerate.
Our current range includes:
Potato dumplings lightly dusted in rice flour. Light and fluffy, these little winners are the ultimate in quick, comfort food. Relax as you watch them gently bob up to the surface of your pan, then drain and serve immediately. Gnocchi are delicious on their own with lashings of sage butter, cracked black pepper and parmesan 
