Mountain and Sea Air Spring Water and Sunshine are Key to Pasta Quality
Gragnano is a hill town 30
Km south of Naples, overlooking Pompeii and Vesuvius, just outside
Castellammare and it port in Naples Bay; it’s location halfway between Sorrento
and Amalfi is ideal to visit Sorrento, Capri, the Amalfi Coast as well as the
countryside of the Campania region of Italy.
Pasta Tradition making pasta
in Gragnano is an ancient art form that involves history, culture, patience,
secrets and traditions. The town’s main street was laid out expressly to
capture the mountain breeze mixed with sea air back when pasta makers hung
spaghetti on drying rods like laundry. Now, heaters are used to dry the pasta
at 122 degrees Fahrenheit for two days, resulting in a nuttier aroma and a chewier feel.
A History of the Valley of the Mills
The Valley of the Mills is famous for its spontaneous springs and Gragnano’s water is important
for its therapeutic and diuretic properties. It is also a favorite destination
for tourists who sip delicious water in full contemplation of the area’s
landscape while its artistic patrimony is reflected in the many centuries-old
churches such as Corpus Domini, which houses one of the largest canvases in
Europe - over 400 square meters.
Gragnano's Pasta Factories Contributed 10 Percent of Italy’s Production a Century Ago
The Gragnano Pasta Cooperative
represents small producers in the area; it holds that the dough should be made
solely from Italian wheat, be pushed through perforated bronze plates to mold
it, and that the resulting strands, sheets and elegant shapes must be dried at
temperatures no higher than 122 degrees. Higher
temperatures burn the dough.
Visit Gragnano Naples and Italy with Knowledge Tourism
Greco di Tufo is one of
Campania’s finest whites and is perhaps the oldest wine in all of Italy. Greco
refers to its Ancient Greek origins, after those who first brought the grape to
Italy and cultivated it on the slopes of the Vesuvius. The first written
account is found in a poem fragment from 6 BC in Pompeii. Written on a wall, it
reads: You are cold, Bice, truly a piece
of ice, if even the Greco wine could not warm your heart last night.
It is Cultivated in Tufo, Santa Paolina, Prato di Principato
Ultra, Montefusco, Altavilla Irpina, Chianche, Petruro Irpino, and Torrioni. Only
the hillsides of these areas are considered suitable for this wine as valleys
and points of lower elevation are humid and lack the necessary sunlight and
mountain breezes. To be considered Greco di Tufo, which has had DOC appellation
since 1970 and DOCG since 2003, 85% must be of Greco di Tufo, with up to 15%
coda di volpe. The wine can also be a sparkling spumante.
Greco di Tufo is not a
mild-mannered wine. With zesty, fresh flavors of peaches, pear and herbs,
coupled with restrained aromas of almond and apricot; a fully dry white wine
with a sharp minerality. It is these distinct notes that place Greco di Tufo
one step above the two-other great white Campania wines, Falanghina and Fiano
di Avellino. Some believe that it complements mild dishes nicely, such as
seafood, rice and pasta in butter or white sauces; others think that it pairs
perfectly with strong dishes of veal, chicken, and cheeses.
Italian pasta in Italy is definitely to die for. You ahev to try it at least once.
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