Setaro
Also known as: Pastificio Setaro, Setaro pasta, Setaro Torre Annunziata
Family-run artisanal pasta maker in Torre Annunziata, Campania, founded in 1939, producing dry pasta from Italian durum wheat semolina.
Setaro is a family-run artisanal pasta maker in Torre Annunziata, near Naples. The story begins in 1939, when Nunziato Setaro, who until then had been hauling semolina, bought a 19th-century building of volcanic stone and started making pasta with his sons. Today the business is run by his grandsons Vincenzo, Nunziato and Giovanni.
Torre Annunziata is an old pasta town: mills appeared here in the 16th century, and the mild climate and sea breeze once dried pasta on the town's roofs and pavements. Setaro keeps this tradition alive but dries its pasta in cells that recreate natural drying, slowly and at low temperature.
The dough is made only from water and semolina of Italian durum wheat; Vincenzo Setaro selects the semolina himself from trusted mills. The pasta is shaped on a Braibanti press that has been in use since 1939, fitted with bronze dies that leave a rough, porous surface. Packs are filled by hand.
The range covers dry durum wheat pasta in several groups: long pasta (spaghetti, linguine, bucatini, vermicelli, pappardelle), short pasta (penne, rigatoni, ziti, gemelli), small soup pasta (ditalini, stelline), special shapes (paccheri, orecchiette, strozzapreti, scialatielli, farfalle), 60 cm long pasta and oven pasta (lasagne sheets, cannelloni, conchiglioni). Two further ranges are Setaro Integrale e Bio and Setaro Pasta Aromatizzata.
Setaro is not a Pasta di Gragnano PGI producer: Torre Annunziata lies outside the area of that protected name.
Facts
| Year founded | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania (Torre Annunziata) |
| House range | Setaro Pasta di Semola; Setaro Integrale e Bio; Setaro Pasta Aromatizzata |
How it connects to Pasta
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- What it contains
- Semolina, 🌾 Durum wheat
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say Setaro, and where is the brand from?
"seh-TAH-roh"; a family pasta maker in a town near Naples.
Is it true that Setaro makes Pasta di Gragnano PGI?
No. Its home town lies outside the area of that protected name.
Who started Setaro?
A man who had been hauling semolina bought a volcanic-stone building and began making pasta with his sons; his grandsons run it today.
How does Setaro shape its pasta?
On an old press still in use from the year the business began, through bronze dies that leave a rough, porous surface.
Does Setaro make pasta for the oven?
Yes: lasagne sheets, cannelloni and conchiglioni.
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