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Use thick tomato sauces, pesto, meat or cheese sauces, chunky sauces and sauces with herbs for shaped pasta such as cavatelli, conchiglie, farfalle, fusilli, gemelli lumache, orecchiette, ruotelle or trenne.
Use thick tomato sauces, meat sauces, chunky sauces, and thick cream sauces for tubular shaped pasta such as canneroni, cavatappi, garganelli, macaroni, penne or ziti.
Use light tomato sauces, light cream based sauces and broth for Stuffed Pasta such as agnolotti, ravioli or tortellini.
Other shape names for this pasta type are Angel's hair, Cabellos de Angel, Fidelini, Bassetti, Barbine a nido
This is a very popular shape all over the world. It is very thin long-cut extruded pasta of approximately ø mm 1 - 1.2, suitable for clear soups and thinner, delicate sauces. CELLENTANI-GOBETTI
This is a pasta tube that has been twisted to resembles the shape of a corkscrew.
Very good for salads. CANNELLONI
Gnocchettoni Zitoni, Tagliati di Zitoni, Cannelloni Zitoni, Sigarette are other canelloni shape names.
This is a pasta tube type, which is approximately 4 inches long and 1 inch wide. It is cut straight on both ends and has a smooth surface.
A rolled wheat, grain shaped pasta that is the tiniest of all pastas.
Couscous is generally used in salads or as the base to a savoury dish.. DITALI
Gnocchetti, Tubettini, Ditaletti, Coralli, Ditalini, Avemarie are other ditali shape names
“Ditali” is a small, short-cut pasta tubes, approximately 3/8" long.
This pasta tube is a versatile shape that can be used as the base of any dish, suitable for vegetable or thin soups
Other versions of this pasta shape are: DITALINI, which is the smaller version. DITALI RIGATI and DITALONI
FARFALLE
ALSO Galla genovese, Fiocconi; Farfalloni
Bow Ties or "Butterflies" pasta shape, is available in several sizes and a variety of colours .Thick enough for any sauce, or make into a salad or soup,
Other versions of this pasta shape are: FARFQLLE ROTONDE , FARFALLINE and FARFALLON
Other shape names for fettuccine are: Lasagnette, Fettucce
This is thinner version of fettuce, approximately ¼ inch wide.
They are sold fresh or dry and they are perfect for heavier sauces, like cheese, meat and tomato sauces.
FUSILLI
Aldo known as Eliche, Tortiglioni, Spirali
Fusilli is a flat spiral-shaped pasta, twisted into a shape resembling a screw or spring-like, corkscrew.
Fusilli can be topped with any sauce and work well on salads or casseroles There are other versions available, as FUSILLI LUNGHI which is a long spiral pasta tube
There are other versions available, as FUSILLI LUNGHI which is a long spiral pasta tube.
GARGANELLI
Are fine ribbed squares of egg pasta that are rolled into tubular shape.
Once rolled, they take on a shape similar to penne pasta but are actually more of a scroll shape. GEMELLI
This is a pasta shape that consists of two short pasta strands that are twisted together into a spiral shape.
It is suitable for casseroles or salads
GNOCCHI
Gnocchi is the name given to a small potato dumpling that is made with potatoes, flour and egg, or semolina flour and egg.
Is very wide flat pasta that is available in ribbons and in sheets. Usually are layered in a casserole between other ingredients to make a dish called lasagne.
Other versions of this pasta shape are: LASSAGNETTE, and LASSAGNOTTE
