Strangozzi Umbri

Strangozzi Pasta are locally produced and are common throughout central Italy. A long shaped pasta with a square or rectangular cross-section, simply produced by the union soft wheat flour with water and then adding salt.
This curious name, whose variations are 'Strozzapreti' or 'Strangolapreti', derives from the shoelaces used by bandits for ambush and robbery the clergy during the times of Papal rule.