Pasta is a Italian word simply meaning dough or paste. Although Italians will argue endlessly about what the best pasta shapes and sauces are, all would agree that pasta should be made using durum wheat semolina.
Pasta is a valuable source of nutrition which contains less than 1% fat, is high in starch and contains approximetly 12% protein. It is easily digestible and, with an average of 350 calories per 100g portion, pasta allows for a wide choice of sauces and condiments without having to worry about exceeding daily nutritional recommendations.
Pasta combined with meat, fish, legumes, vegetables and various sauces provides a balanced, nourishing meal that is simply scrumptious. This infinite combinations of shapes and sauces available have lead to the wide spread use of pasta and the so-called Mediterranean diet all over the world.
