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Here’s a new one for your repertoire: Fregula (or Fregola) with Shrimp and Tomatoes. It is colorful, delicious, and made with an unusual pasta. I’ve cooked this pasta a few times previously but knew very little about it, except that it was from Sardinia.
For fun, I decided to use some AI tools to see what I could learn about Fregula. Here’s what I found out from a quick search using Google’s Bard, about its history and the different spellings of the name.
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Now for the food and wine part; here’s the recipe I liked best of the three I found online:
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It was pretty straightforward, no surprises. The process of adding broth in stages was very reminiscent of making risotto, and it was important to cook it long enough so that the pasta was tender. The best choice for wine would have been a Vermentino from Sardinia. Since that was not available, I chose a Jurançon wine made with the Gros Manseng grape, which went pretty well with the dish.
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The last topic is where to find Fregula, if you plan to use it. For reference, I can recommend either of these two brands available on Amazon:
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However, I was able to get an artisan version from Pastaio Via Corta, made by Danielle Glantz in Gloucester, MA. It was excellent, so if you can order some of that, it is worth comparing to the more commercial brands.
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