Heilala
Heilala is a company born of devastation. After a huge cyclone wiped out much of the Kingdom of Tonga, New Zealander John Ross partnered with a family in the village of Utungake to create a vanilla plantation that is run by Tongans and integrates with the Tongan way of life. That original plantation has grown into a world-renown vanilla brand, supplying the world's most discerning chefs, including the late Gina DiPalma and L.A.'s own Ken Takayama.
The Heilala Vanilla Paste is vine-ripened Tongan Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans suspended in vanilla extract. Packed with vanilla's distinctive fruity-floral sweetness, it adds a layer of complexity when subbed for standard vanilla extract, while being less sensitive than whole vanilla beans.
Pickup available at Semolina Artisanal Pasta
Usually ready in 2 hours
Pasta Cooking Tips
- Use a large enough pot so your pasta doesn't stick together.
- Salt your water aggressively. Not sure how much? Taste it! We use about a tablespoon of Diamond Crystal Kosher salt per quart of water.
- Remove your pasta from the water before it's totally al dente and SAVE YOUR PASTA WATER!
- Fresh pasta cooks in about 2 minutes. Dried pasta takes 6 minutes or more.
- Finish your pasta in your sauce with a ladleful of pasta water.
Ingredients
Organic semolina and water.
Other Details
Fresh pastas DO NOT SHIP. Pick up at the shop only.
Product information
Let customers speak for us
Cooks quickly and love the flavor and texture of the Penne!! Highly recommend.
I love this product… it takes the guessing out of how much salt you need to pour into your pot of water for pasta or veggies.
These anchovies are well worth the money. Excellent filets, not too salty and are delicious
I loved 😍 this pasta
I made baked zita and everyone asked about the noodles
Thank you
We decided to order a 6 pack and see how long it lasted. Everyone loves pasta in our house! It's been about 2 weeks and we're down to the last box, it lasted longer than I anticipated for sure! The fan favorite is the fusilli and both sizes of shells. Soup was the #1 user of the pasta, it was cold and rainy out. We also made some quick stovetop dinners by making a homemade pasta sauce and adding the dry pasta to the pot with some additional water, so quick and easy. We're going to order another box today and if the usage keeps up, we're going to make it a subscription!
Thanks for the pasta!
I love Diaspora Co products. I have always bought direct from the company so I was a bit apprehensive buying from a retailer. The spices came packed well and were shipped quickly.
Made an outstanding organic pizza dough with this light flour and it was just amazingly flavorful and perfect consistency. Thank you!!! Will be ordering more very soon!!
Wonderful to pick and choose our favorite tasty dried pastas!
I decided to order Semolina gifts for my family for Christmas. It was a really easy website. After I placed y order I got a phone call with a question about my order (frankly I don’t remember the question) but the answer was easy and off went my order. Everyone I sent it to was pleasantly surprised. I bet they want to visit the tore on their next visits
