Most-asked shape in Mount Pleasant
Rigatoni
Mount Pleasant households that put up their own tomatoes in late summer reach for rigatoni. It stands up to a thick, long-cooked sauce built from a quart of last year's jars.
See our rigatoni →12 miles south of Latrobe · About 20 minutes
Fresh semolina pasta for Mount Pleasant and the surrounding villages. Order by phone, then pick up at our Latrobe shop any day from Wednesday to Saturday.
Mount Pleasant cooks who pickle, can, and bake from scratch tend to be the first to notice the difference fresh pasta makes. Our rigatoni holds up beautifully in a slow-cooked sauce.
Scottdale, Acme, Norvelt.
ZIP codes: 15666
Most-asked shape in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant households that put up their own tomatoes in late summer reach for rigatoni. It stands up to a thick, long-cooked sauce built from a quart of last year's jars.
See our rigatoni →A Mount Pleasant pairing
Pair a family-size bag of rigatoni with a jar of your own canned tomato sauce, plus sweet Italian sausage or pork shoulder slow-cooked from one of the Scottdale farm butchers.
Cooking tip for Mount Pleasant
Open a quart of canned tomatoes, reduce them with garlic and sausage for an hour, then drop the rigatoni in at three and a half minutes and finish it in the sauce for the last minute. A Mount Pleasant Sunday plate.
Driving in from Mount Pleasant
From Mount Pleasant, take Route 31 East to Route 982 North through Norvelt and into Latrobe. About twenty minutes through quiet country roads.
Open in Google Maps →All 10 shapes, in five sizes from $7 to $150. 5 sizes, $7 to $150.
Long, round strands with a tender bite and just enough surface texture to hold sauce.
Ruffled bells with deep pockets, built for cream sauces and baked dishes.
Big ridged tubes that grab heavy sauce and fill up in the middle.
Short ridged shells with a hollow back. Chewier and sturdier than a potato dumpling.
The same long strands, with spinach worked into the dough.
Ruffled bells in spinach dough. The prettiest thing we make.
Sturdy ridged tubes in spinach dough. Built for a bake.
Semolina gnocchi with spinach in the dough. Still not a potato dumpling.
Long strands in carrot dough, with a quiet sweetness underneath.
Ridged tubes in carrot dough. Sturdy, sweet-edged, and hard to miss on a plate.
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