Pastina Acini di Pepe - Cav. Giuseppe Cocco

Pastina Acini di Pepe - Cav. Giuseppe Cocco This bronze extruded Pastina Acini di Pepe is one of a kind pastina produced by the renowned Pastificio Cav. Giuseppe Cocco. Pasta Giuseppe Cocco is the most traditional Italian pasta made in Fara San Martino, Abruzzo. In 1916, at the age of 14, Domenico Cocco started to work in a pasta factory. Over the years his job turned into a passion and he soon learned the techniques and tricks of this art from the "Mastri Pastai" (pasta masters). He devoted his life to this fascinating job, guarded all its secrets and handed them down to his son Giuseppe. The old "Mastri Pastai" maintained that four ingredients are needed to make good pasta: mountain wheat, spring water, clean air for pasta drying and the processing technique. In 1944 Giuseppe Cocco started to work with his father. Together they had to go through the ordeal of finding the pasta machines parts, covered by the debris of the heavy bombings that destroyed Fara San Martino. The machines we