Einkorn Pasta – A Surprising Delight
I usually tell people that whole grain pastas were never meant to be. They are slimy, don’t mix in the flavor of the sauce, and fall apart very easily on the plate. But after eating einkorn pasta, I’m taking that all back.
Jovial Foods Spaghetti Whole Grain Einkorn Pasta
I never considered that einkorn pasta could be very different than any other whole grain pasta until Jovial sent a free sample to talk about on the blog. Even then, it sat on my shelf for quite some time because I didn’t think it was worth trying.
Finally, I felt up to it one day and cooked the pasta for dinner. WOW! I loved it, and so did my entire family. I went to The Good Earth (our local health food store) and found it to be available at a great discount so I bought several more boxes.
A special dinner with guests was coming up so I decided to cook up the einkorn pasta with my special pesto recipe. It was a hit with our guests too!
The einkorn pasta adds a perfect flavor to the dish and it doesn’t taste grainy or feel slimy. Instead, it was sweet, slightly nutty, rich in flavor, the texture was very desirable. Einkorn’s nutritional qualities combined with the tasty pasta make it real winner in my book. Nice work Jovial!
I noticed they have several types of einkorn pasta listed for sale on Amazon
- Jovial Organic Whole Grain Einkorn Spaghetti, 12-Ounce Packages (Pack of 6)
- Jovial Organic Whole Grain Einkorn Fusilli, 12-Ounce Packages (Pack of 6)
- Jovial Organic Whole Grain Einkorn Rigatoni, 12-Ounce Packages (Pack of 6)
- Jovial Organic Whole Grain Einkorn Linguine, 12-Ounce Packages (Pack of 6)
Thanks to Jovial, I can eat whole grain pasta (and like it). Have any of you tried the einkorn pasta from Jovial? If so, leave a comment. I’m interested to know how you liked it.
I’ve tried the Jovial Einkorn pasta also and loved it! Even my husband who is not a fan of whole wheat pasta liked it!
I recently tried the einkorn pasta by Jovial. After I bought it and looked at the product, I thought I wasn’t going to like it because it looked like all the other whole wheat pasta I had tried and didn’t like. But I was very pleasantly surprised to find that it tasted delicious. If it wasn’t for the color, I would have thought that it was the regular white pasta.
I, too, have had the same complaints about whole wheat pastas. But my food coop was offering the Jovial brand and the Einkorn grain peaked my interest as being a grain high in protein. My husband is diabetic and when I can find a grain higher in protein (i.e. quinoa) I find any excuse to try it.
The pasta was wonderful! It cooked up beautifully and TASTED even better. I’ll be ordering more as soon as I can.
I’m living in Canada and would like to try the Einkorn flour but can’t find a source…anyone know where I can get the flour?
I found a source for the pasta but they have no flour. Amazon won’t ship the Jovial products to Canada and there seems to be no Canadian source (astonishing to me in the land of wheat, but there you go)
Very much looking forward to the pasta at least.
I can send you you some flour vacuum packed for $6.99/lb plus postage. ooptec at gmail.com
Liz, what’s your source for the pasta? i’m in Canada too (near Montreal) – just started my search