Orzo, meaning “barley” in Italian, is a tiny cut of pasta best known for its feature in homemade soups. Though it is small in size, Orzo is more than just a soup cut, or patina. Try it in everything from cheesy baked side dishes to orzo pasta salads. DeLallo Pasta comes from the town where pasta was born, a region near Naples, at the beginning of the Amalfi Coast. The art of making our pasta begins with the very best quality wheat. We carefully choose wheat with the highest gluten index, gluten content, and protein content. All of these characteristics affect how the pasta cooks, as well as its taste and texture. The durum wheat is milled into coarse ground semolina flour and then carefully kneaded with cold, fresh, mineral-rich mountain spring water. We dry our pasta slowly at low temperatures to reproduce the traditional way of making pasta. This method respects the ingredients, preserving the pasta’s color, texture, and aroma. Made in Italy.