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Last week, The Mouse For Less was invited to attend the Pasta Palooza event at Maria & Enzo’s in Disney Springs<\/a>. During this event, we learned how to make Maria & Enzo\u2019s<\/a> signature Spaghetti Alla Chitarra Con Polpette.<\/p>\n The pasta itself is made with thick-cut pasta, marinara sauce, Maria’s family recipe meatballs, parmigiano reggiano, and basil. The dish gets its name because the meaning of Chitarra in Italian is, “guitar”, and this is a square-cut spaghetti very traditional of Abruzzo. The dough is traditionally rolled over a box strung with metal guitar strings at even spacing, producing a pasta of square shape. The\u00a0Spaghetti Alla Chitarra Con Polpette is a staple menu item that guests can always order when visiting this Disney Springs restaurant.<\/p>\n According to Kyle Collins, Marketing Director of Patina Restaurant Group, \u201cThe signature pasta dishes that we serve at Maria & Enzo\u2019s are so delicious and unique because of the authenticity of ingredients that we use. We go the extra mile to source our pasta from\u00a0The Gentile Pasta Factory, founded in 1876, in Gragnano, Italy because it\u2019s made using 100% Italian semolina wheat and a low-temperature natural air-drying method that pasta-makers pioneered in the sixteenth century<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n During the event, Executive Chef Charlie Restivo taught attendees how to make the meatballs and even went through a demonstration of how the pasta is rolled.<\/p>\n