Meaning "butterfly" in Italian, this fine and elegant pasta in the shape of a bow tie is well-known on our plates. Thanks to its shape, farfalle is particularly suitable for summer salads accompanied by vegetables and country ham.

Try these pasta in a recipe for Farfalle with ricotta and smoked ham.
Cooking time: 7-8 minutes

Obviously, these are durum wheat semolina pasta extruded through bronze dies, offering incomparable texture compared to industrial pasta.

Be sure to follow the cooking times for premium durum wheat pasta like that from CAVALIERI. The times we provide are recommendations from Italians and therefore represent the minimum time to achieve al dente pasta. Don't hesitate to increase the cooking time by one or two minutes and ensure they are placed into boiling water and not water at a rolling boil!

Bennedetto CAVALIERI is a legend of Pasta!

Since 1918, four generations succeded in the family company. Located in the Apulia, close to Lecce, Benedetto Cavalieri perpetuates an unrivalled know-how in the pasta confection with durum for an incomparable crunchiness. The variety of wheat employed on this territory and the Apulia area explains indeed this difference. Everything during the process allows the pasta to blossom in the mould whithout pressure. The drying is slow and realized at soft temperature to guarantee a perfect holding at cooking.

So far, their pasta where quite untraceable in France...

Try these pasta with a recipe of Farfalle with ricotta and smoked ham.

Cooking time: 7-8 minutes