Fileja Calabrese con Sugo di Soppressata
Calabria — Vibo Valentia
Calabria's twisted pasta — hand-rolled on a ferretto (metal rod) to produce a long, hollow, spirally-twisted shape unique to the Vibo Valentia area. Dressed with a sauce of soppressata piccante (Calabrian dried sausage) crumbled and cooked down in tomato and white wine until the fat renders into the sauce. The spiral of the fileja holds the chunky soppressata sauce in every groove. A preparation that needs no garnish — the soppressata is the final element.