A candele is Southern Italian pasta, particularly in Campania. Candles are a very obvious inspiration for this pasta, and the word 'candele' refers to long candles used in religious processions. Candele is about 50cm long, which is the operative word in the phrase!
There are different reasons why Pasta Cocco is so unique and still said to be among the best pasta in Italy. Produced with traditional old machines, Giuseppe Cocco has rebuilt right after the second world war, piece by piece, the necessary tools to continue his father’s know-how for Italian pasta making."
