Free Shipping On All Orders Over $85!

Home / Region / Setaro Spaghetti Chitarra Italian Pasta
Setaro Spaghetti Chitarra
Setaro Spaghetti Chitarra
Setaro Spaghetti Chitarra

Spaghetti Chitarra Pasta

Setaro
With squared edges and an ever-so-slightly rough texture, spaghetti chitarra is a favorite in Abruzzo for its ability to stand up to hearty sauces.

Size | 2.2 lbs

✓In stock. Ships in 1-2 business days.

$15.50
$15.50
Sold Out

Shipping calculated at checkout.

The squared edges on Setaro’s spaghetti chitarra are your first clue that this is not your usual spaghetti. This geometric shape is a specialty in the southern province of Abruzzo, where it is made with a wooden frame strung tightly with wires that is called a chitarra (literally "guitar"). After pressing the dough into the wires using a rolling pin, the pasta maker “twangs” the strings as if they were playing a guitar to shake the finished pasta loose. Invented in the late 1800s, it’s a deceptively simple way to create such a mathematically precise shape. While it remains a favorite in Abruzzo, spaghetti chitarra has found fans across Italy for its ever-so-slightly rough texture and hearty versatility.

Since 1939, the Setaro family have been making pasta on a winding street in Torre Annunziata in Naples. Their factory is on the same street, in fact, where Giada's grandfather once made his own pasta. The semolina flour they use is minimally processed, creating a more flavorful product than those commonly found in the U.S. The company air-dries its pasta in the cool, salt-tinged breezes that blow in through wild rosemary bushes from the Mediterranean coast, a practice that makes for a delightfully chewy finished product.

In its native Abruzzo, spaghetti chitarra is traditionally served with a meaty ragu or tiny meatballs called pallottine in tomato sauce. The shape can easily stand in for other long pastas like its spaghetti cousin, but its hearty texture does best with more robust sauces. Try it with a creamy, cheesy dish like carbonara or a pungent pesto Abruzzese made with olives and anchovies. Setaro does not include a cooking time on their pasta bags; they recommend that savvy cooks should start tasting the pasta after about 10 minutes of boiling to catch it at the perfect al dente texture.
2.2 lbs
Durum wheat semolina, water. Contains gluten.

Get inspired

Complete your meal

Corbara Pomodorini

Corbara Pomodorini Whole Tomatoes

$7.50
$7.50
(14.1 oz)
Crushed calabrian chili peppers

Crushed Calabrian Chili Paste

$10.50
$10.50
(10 oz)
Sold Out
Sorrento's Lemon Oil I.G.P.

Sorrento's Lemon Oil IGP

$17.00
$17.00
(8.4 oz)
Notify Me When Available
artichoke spread

Artichoke Spread

$10.50
$10.50
(4.76 oz)
Sold Out
Corbara Datterino Tomato

Whole Peeled Corbara Datterino Tomatoes

$5.20
$5.20
(14.1 oz)
Notify Me When Available
Gluten Free Pappardelle

Gluten Free Pappardelle Pasta

$7.70
$7.70
(8.8 oz)
Sold Out
Amalfi Amaretti Cookies

Lemon and Pistachio Amaretti Cookies in Amalfi Tin

$15.50
$15.50
(3.5 oz)
Notify Me When Available
Corbara Yellow Tomatoes

Corbara Yellow Tomatoes

$14.50
$14.50
(1.1 lbs)
Amaretti del chiostro cookies

Amaretti Del Chiostro Cookie Tin

$12.50
$12.50
$12.50
(1.8 oz)
Gluten Free Penne Rigate Pasta

Gluten Free Penne Rigate Pasta

$7.70
$7.70
(14.4 oz)
Sold Out
Gargiulo Sorrento Orange Olive Oil

Sorrento's Orange Olive Oil

$17.00
$17.00
(8.4 oz.)
Notify Me When Available
Fusili corti pasta

Fusilli Corti Pasta

$10.50
$10.50
(1.1lbs)
Gluten Free Caserecce

Gluten Free Casarecce Pasta

$7.70
$7.70
(14.4 oz)
Sold Out
Moor's Head Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Moor's Head Extra Virgin Olive Oil

$58.00
$58.00
(16.9 fl oz)
Notify Me When Available
Sold Out
Gluten Free Spaghetti

Gluten Free Spaghetti Pasta

$7.70
$7.70
(14.4 oz)
Notify Me When Available
Linguine Alla Puttanesca Spice Kit

Linguine Alla Puttanesca Spice Kit

$5.95
$5.95
(2.11 oz)
Sold Out
Cerignola Green Olives

Cerignola Green Olives

$14.60
$14.60
(1.25 lbs)
Notify Me When Available
Tutto Calabria Condi Spaghettata Spice Kit

Condi Spaghettata Spice Kit

$5.95
$5.95
(2.11 oz)
Organic Oregano Bunch

Organic Oregano Bunch

$7.90
$7.90
(0.8 oz)
Gluten Free Pipe Rigate

Gluten Free Pipe Rigate Pasta

$7.70
$7.70
(14.4 oz)