Cretan Traditional Pasta Zimenia with Semolina | Maggiri Handmade 400g

Cretan Traditional Pasta Zimenia with Semolina | Maggiri Handmade

Handmade with excellent quality semolina flour and water, without preservatives, in the Cretan tradition, the Cretan Traditional Pasta Zimenia with Semolina are dried out formany hours at a low temperature, so that all their nutrients are preserved.

Hand kneaded, naturally air dried and packaged in Aspasia Giakoumaki’s traditional pasta family workshop for Maggiri Homemade Pasta in Heraklion, Crete.

No Preservatives. Vegan Friendly.

Maggiri [Μαγγίρι]: old Cretan pasta which was cooked in a very specific way: half of it was boiled, the other half fried, and then all together stirred in the broth of the first half. It was served as a thick soup with lots of cheese on top.

Following the old Heraklion handmade pasta traditional recipes, Mrs Aspasia Giakoumaki and her family created a family pasta workshop to offer pure and natural pasta using only pure ingredients from Crete without any preservatives.

The name "Maggiri" derives from the local Heraklion traditional pasta prepared in a specific way. Half of the pasta was boiled, half was fried and then all together was drenched in the boiled pasta broth. Served almost as a thick soup sprinkled with a lot of cheese.

According to a Cretan saying ( mantinada)
"Mangiri helped raise many generations in Crete,
Through a time unchanged pasta tradition"

Every morning before Aspasia starts kneading the pasta of the day, here comes the Cretan shepherd to her doorstep with the fresh sheep’s milk required for the day kneading. Local farm free-range eggs are strictly used. Only traditional methods are used without preservatives to ensure the flavor and the vitamins of their pasta products.