Pastificio Sacchetto : the artisanal pasta factory | Petite Italie

Pastificio Sacchetto : the artisanal pasta factory

Artisanal know-how is the expression which synthesizes the experience in the exercise of an activity. At Pastificio Sacchetto its team and its products reflect this capacity. This store, which opened in 2005-2006 with the inauguration of the covered wing of the Jean-Talon market, is a hymn to artisanal Italian pasta, from ravioli to spaghetti. A real window on a part of Italian gastronomic culture transposed to the metropolis. Its owner, Giancarlo Sacchetto, fell into flour and semolina quite young.

Giancarlo's family left the city of Torino (in Piedmont, northwest Italy) in the 1970s. His father, who had worked in Italy at the Fiat factory and, at the same time, in a pasta store, opened his artisanal laboratory in 1975 in Montreal North. This small laboratory became the Casa dei Ravioli, a still active store on rue Charland which will soon celebrate its first half-century. Giancarlo, after completing his technical studies, worked for a long time in quality control at Pratt & Whitney before returning home and learning the family secrets of Italian noodle production.

When you go to the store, you can try to extract some little secrets from Giancarlo and his team while they make the pasta. And if you are in the company of children, we assure you that they will be fascinated by the making of tortellini or lasagna, almost like the elves in front of Santa Claus. Si, Paaaaastaaaaa!