Trader Joe's Italian Capellini, 454g

In English, capellini translates to “little hairs,” and if you’ve ever cooked up Capellini pasta, you know its name is quite fitting. Once boiled, it looks like a fine, cascading blonde mane! The only pasta that even comes close to its super-fine texture is capelli d’angelo, or angel hair pasta, which measures just a fraction of a millimetre less in diameter.

TJ's Italian Capellini is produced outside of Naples, in a region of Italy well known for pasta proliferation. It’s crafted for TJ's by a family-owned company that’s been making pasta for more than 100 years. First, they mill durum wheat into golden semolina flour, add the purest water from the Madonie wildlife reserve, and begin the mixing. Then, once it reaches the right consistency, the dough is pushed through the proper pasta die, and the completed Capellini is left to dry. TJ's supplier’s attention to craft and commitment to technology results in consistent, quality Capellini every time.