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Types of Pasta
Types of Pasta
Introduction
PASTA
🡪 is a staple food of
traditional Italian cuisine.
🡪 is eaten in Italy only as first food.
🡪made mostly from durum wheat or,
buckwheat flour, with water and,
sometimes, eggs.
🡪comes in a variety of different
shapes
Two Basic Styles of
Pasta:
1. Dried Pasta
🡪made without eggs can be stored for
up to two years under ideal conditions.
2. Fresh Pasta
🡪will keep for a few days under
refrigeration.
TYPES OF
PASTA
1. Rotelle
🡪are a type of pasta resembling
wheels with spokes.
Also known as wagon wheels, the
name derives from the Italian word
for little wheels.
In Ohio, they are called as “Choo
Choo Wheels”
Rotelle Pasta
Dishes Made From Rotelle
Chicken Rotelle
Pasta
Rotelle Carbonara
2. Fusilli
Fusilli are long, thick, corkscrew
shaped pasta.
The word fusilli presumably comes
from fusile, archaic word for “rifle”
referring to the spiral-grooved barrel of
the latter.
The word can also mean “little” in
Italian.
In addition to plain white colour, other
colours can be made by mixing other
ingredients into the dough.
Eg. beetroot for red, spinach for
green, and cuttlefish ink for black.
Tortellini Soup
4. Rigatoni
Rigatoni is a form of tube-
shaped pasta of varying lengths and
diameters.
It is larger than penne and ziti and
sometimes slightly curved.
like ziti, not diagonal like penne.
The word rigatoni comes from the Italian
word rigati, which means "ridged" or
Rigatoni Pasta
Dishes Made From Rigatoni
Pasta
Rigatoni Bolognese
Rigatoni Abruzzi
5. Conchiglie
Conchiglie, commonly known as
"shells" or "seashells" is a type of
pasta.
It is usually sold in the plain durum
wheat variety, and also in coloured
varieties.
The shell shape of the pasta is good at
catching the sauce.
Conchiglie Pasta
Dishes Made From Conchiglie
Pasta
Conchiglie Gamberi
Conchiglie Ham
Salad
6. LINGUINE
PASTA
Linguine is a form of pasta, flat like
fettuccine and trenette.
It is wider than spaghetti, about 1/4 to 3/8
inch, but not as wide as fettuccine.
The name linguine means "little
tongues" in Italian.
A thinner version of linguine is called
linguettine.
Linguine Pasta
Dishes Made From Linguine
Pasta
Linguine With Prawns
Linguine With
Clam Sauce
7. Fettuccine
Fettuccine (literally "little ribbons" in
Italian) is a type of pasta popular in
Roman Cuisine.
It is a flat thick noodle made of egg and
flour wider than but similar to the
tagliatelle.
Fettuccine are traditionally made fresh but
dried tagliatelle can also be bought in
shops.
Fettuccine Pasta
Dishes Made From Fettuccine Pasta
Chicken Fettuccine
Fettuccine With
Alfredo Sauce
8. FARFALLE
Beef Penne
Pasta Casserole
10. RAVIOLI
Toasted Ravioli
11. Rotini
Rotini Pepperoni
12. Macaroni
Macaroni Wit
Broccoli
13. Cannelloni
Cannelloni
Spinach
14. Cencioni
🡪a type of pasta and the name
derives from the Italian word for
little rag
🡪oval and petal- shaped, with
a slight curve.
They are larger and flatter
than orecchiette
Cencioni Pasta
Dishes Made From Cencioni Pasta
Cencioni With
Tomato
Sauce
Cencioni
With Minced
Meat