Spaghetti Alla Chitarra - La Pasta di Mamma Isa

Spaghetti alla chitarra literally translates to ‘guitar spaghetti’ as, traditionally, it is pressed into long, square-shaped spaghetti strands using a stringed chitarra pasta cutter.

The origin of the chitarra is still not very clear, a traditional recipe from the province of Teramo originated in the early 1800s or even before.