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Pasta Great and Small

Pasta Options
Beyond the famous spaghetti and elbow pasta, there are numerous shapes of pasta from which to choose. Typically made with the same base ingredients, but each shape has characteristics that make them unique and the perfect pairing for your favorite sauce. Along with the listed pasta shapes, we’ve suggested sauce pairings you may not have tried yet!
There are numerous shapes and sizes of pasta. Experiment freely and find what works best with your favorite dish!
Short Pasta
Campanelle
Flouted and petal-shaped, perfect with chickpeas or pumpkin
Casarecce
Narrow, twisted tubes, used with pesto “Alla Trapanese,” a tomato and almond pesto
Cavatappi
Spiral tubes goes well with prosciutto and parmesan
Cavatelli
Shell-shaped with rolled-in edges, and goes well with tomatoes and mushroom sauce
Conchigle
Small shell-shapes to go with zucchini
Maccheroni
Elbow tube macaroni, try it with sausage and cream
Farfalle
Bow-shaped pasta for that special touch
Fusilli-Rotini
Twisted shape to hold your sauce, try cream of radicchio
Orecchiette
Ridged, radiator-shaped great with radicchio crème
Penne
Tubes with slant-cut ends, try with sausage and saffron cream
Penne Rigate
A bit thinner than Penne, try with Arrabbiata
Pipe Rigate
Hollow, curved snail shape, delicious with peas and ham!
Radiatori
Ridged, radiator-shaped, goes well with spinach and speck sauce
Ruote
Wagon-wheel shaped, try it with zucchini and bacon sauce
Sedani
Hollow, tube-shaped, a perfect match with an artichoke cream sauce
With all the short pasta choices available, you’ll find there are just as many long pasta options, all with their individual characteristics. Take your pick, find what works best, but above all, have fun! Pasta can be a great way to spice up any dish.
Long Pasta
Angel Hair
Extremely thin, round-shaped noodle. Try it with a Cream-cheese sauce
Bigoli
Bold, round-shaped noodle, great with an anchovy sauce
Bucatini
A hollow noodle, try it with Amatriciana
Fettuccine
Thick, flat noodle, good with Ragu
Linguine
Rounded, flat and narrow. Try with Clams and parsley sauce
Mafaldine
Wide, flat ribbon-shaped, use with Ragu with ricotta
Pappardelle
Wide and thick noodle. Ever tried wild boar sauce?
Spaghetti
Very thin, round-shaped noodle, use with Amatriciana
Tagliatelle
Flat and thick noodle for a Bolognese
Vermicelli
Thin, round shaped noodle, try with shrimp and zucchini flowers sauce
Ziti
Hollow, tube-shaped noodle, good with baked tomato and cheese
Short or long, curly or straight, pasta is a versatile staple for many Italian dishes. Check your recipes and substitute, experiment, see if there’s another pasta that works well with your meal!
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