I’m a big fan of making my own bread and pasta and think it’s worthwhile for everyone to learn – it’s easy, cheap, and for most people, what you can make at home is much better than anything you can buy from a store.
However, it’s another story when you live a 2 minute walk from a fresh pasta shop like La Bottega del Tortellino.
For years we’ve dutifully bought their ricotta and spinach ravioli at least once a week. In a pinch, we’ll get a few portions of tortellini to serve in broth, or the potato and taleggio cheese ravioli which we’ll toss with butter and sage. Yes, this is what we get to eat when we’re too lazy to cook – fresh pasta, usually made no more than a day ago.
The owners have a 10 year old daughter and I often see them at the elementary school. Having chatted with them a few times, I understood that they had an unlikely story – having decided to change careers and become professional pasta makers.
The following video is about competing with big business, a changing food culture in Italy, and of course, pasta!
La Bottega del Tortellino – artisan pasta shop in Orvieto from Cross-Pollinate Travel on Vimeo.