Zaccagni Chitarra – Where pasta begins to sing
There are shapes that speak. Then there are shapes that sing. Chitarra – the guitar – is not just a name, but a memory pressed into flour. In Abruzzo, a wooden frame strung with wire turns dough into lines. Not just square-cut pasta – but edible notes, made to carry flavor like music carries meaning.
At the Zaccagni workshop in Miglianico, this tradition becomes symphony. With 100% local durum wheat, spring water from the Majella, bronze dies, and the patience of slow, low drying, a shape is born that has tension, structure, and presence.
The square edges of Chitarra hold more than sauce. They hold time. Lamb ragù, squid ink, saffron cream, rosemary oil – whatever melody you choose, Chitarra listens, holds, and responds. Its lines are not background – they are harmony.
This is pasta for dishes that deserve pause. For evenings when cooking is a ritual. For people who hear in the simplest ingredients a deeper voice.
Zaccagni Chitarra is a shape that speaks in chords. In silence. In scent and grain. It’s not food. It’s feeling.