De Cecco Candele, long macaroni, No.127

The Candele, a traditional noodle format from southern Italy, are mainly distributed in the Neapolitan area. They have an elongated, round, perforated shape, a diameter of about 12 mm and are between 1.10 and 1.20 mm thick. The Candele, like Zite and Zitone, are broken into irregular pieces before cooking. The candels are particularly suitable for refined oven dishes. Vegetable sauces, ie tomato sauces enriched with zucchini, aubergine, hot peppers or other vegetables, taste great with this noodle format, but even simple sauces with olives and capers are a perfect match.