Chifferi
Chifferi are curved, hollow pasta pieces suited to tomato, meat or legume preparations.
- Shape
- Curved hollow pieces
- Try with
- Tomato, meat or legumes
Tomato and legumes for chifferi
A simple tomato sauce is one of De Cecco’s suggestions for its ridged chifferi. The producer also recommends beef or pork sauces, vegetables and legume preparations. Try the legume direction when you want to make this small curved shape part of a more substantial dish.
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