Pisarei with Beans

This is a very nourishing dish of hand-made asta mixed with beans.

If tagliatelle are the glorious representation of Bologna’s culinary heritage, then these shell-shaped pasta are Piacenza’s greatest pride and glory.

In days gone by, before a girl married, her prospective in-laws would subject her right thumb to close scrutiny. If it revealed a collection of small calluses then it was obvious that the girl was used to making pisarei and it therefore logically followed that s