Pasta types and uses
Note: generally pasta is made with flour, eggs, oil and water. Macaroni is from the south and is made with durum flour, water and oil. What you buy in the box is macaroni ;(
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Name |
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Description |
Use |
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Conchigliette |
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Small 'shell' |
Soup |
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Anellini |
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small thin rings |
Soup |
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Nocchette |
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small 'bowties' |
Soup |
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Acini di Pepe |
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tiny round balls |
Soup |
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Semini di Melo |
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grain shaped |
Soup |
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Tagliatelle |
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thick ribbons |
Boiled |
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Tagliatelle Verde |
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thick spinach ribbons |
Boiled |
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Fusilli |
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corkscrew shaped |
Boiled |
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Capellini |
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very, very thin round lengths |
Boiled |
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Fedelini |
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very thin thin round lengths |
Boiled |
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Spaghetti |
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thin round lengths |
Boiled |
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Spaghettini |
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between thin and very thin |
Boiled |
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Ziti |
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long tubes |
Boiled |
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Mezzani |
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long tubes 1/2 the size of ziti |
Boiled |
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Perciatelli |
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long tubes 1/4 the size of ziti |
Boiled |
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Perciatelloni |
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long tubes 1/8 the size of ziti |
Boiled |
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Lasagnette |
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thin flat length |
Boiled |
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Lingue di Passero |
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very thin flat length |
Boiled |
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Malfadine |
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long curly edge corkscrew |
Boiled |
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Mafalde |
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thin curly lasagne |
Boiled |
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Zitoni |
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big round long tube |
Boiled |
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Lasagne |
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flat wide |
Baked |
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Curly lasagne |
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flat wide with curly edges |
Baked |
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Lasagne Verde |
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spinach |
Baked |
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Occhi di Lupo |
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short fat tube |
Baked |
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Conchiglie |
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large shells |
Baked |
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Penne |
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short 'ziti' with points |
Baked |
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Grosso Rigato |
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short fat ridged tubes |
Baked |
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Pennini |
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short, small penne |
Baked |
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Cappelletti |
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flat belly buttons' |
Baked |
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Spiedini |
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ridged, open sided, twisted tubes |
Baked |
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Elbow Macaroni |
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enuf said |
Baked |
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Ruote |
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wagon wheels' |
Baked |
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Tortiglioni |
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short tight corkscrews (rigatoni) |
Baked |
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Gramigna Rigata |
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short, slightly curved ridged tubes |
Baked |
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Farfalle |
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bowties |
Baked |
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Lumache |
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XL shells |
Stuffed |
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Agnolotti |
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stuffed half-moon |
Stuffed |
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Manicotti |
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stuffed, rolled sheets |
Stuffed |
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Cannelloni |
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XL ridged, pointed tubes |
Stuffed |
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Ravioli |
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enuf said |
Stuffed |
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Tortellini |
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stuffed belly buttons' |
Stuffed |