The Al Bronzo brand of Barilla does taste better, imo, but not worth the extra cost. I’ve never had a problem with the regular stuff sticking as long as I salt the pot and stir occasionally.
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PeroBasta@lemmy.world 2 days agoItalian here. Barilla is considered the bare minimum. Its not a high quality pasta, although they have a bronze cut kind which I never tried.
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wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I’m pasta-ignorant. How does the material of the cutting tool affect the final product?
PeroBasta@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Bronze cutting is slower (so less efficient) but being slower make the pasta more “rough” and not smooth. This makes sauce stick more to it
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 22 hours ago
I see… But wouldn’t that only effect the ends? Or does it start as a sheet and get cut into strips like fettuccine? But that would still only be the edges, right? What about something like linguine with a rounder cross-section?
I’m just not picturing it
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 hour ago
Pasta is extruded out of what’s called a die: 1000186606
Normally this die is PTFE-coated on the inside to minimize friction, so they can run the machine faster and therefore make more money. This results in smooth surface pasta. In recent years they figuered out they can charge extra for pasta that that was made on a die without PTFE coating, because there is a myth that rough pasta holds more sauce (it doesn’t). This is marketed as “bronze cut” because traditionally the dies are made of bronze I guess
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 day ago
Their quantities are also too little tbh
PeroBasta@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I believe they have 1kg options
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 day ago
I can’t find them in stores, maybe they are in fancier stores like Rosetto or sum
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 hour ago
How about De Cecco?