List of pasta#Long- and medium-length pasta
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There are many different varieties of pasta.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=xiv}} They are usually sorted by size, being long ({{lang|it|pasta lunga}}), short ({{lang|it|pasta corta}}), stuffed ({{lang|it|ripiena}}), cooked in broth ({{lang|it|pastina}}), stretched ({{lang|it|strascinati}}) or in dumpling-like form ({{lang|it|gnocchi/gnocchetti}}). Yet, due to the variety of shapes and regional variants, "one man's {{lang|it|gnocchetto}} can be another's {{lang|it|strascinato}}".{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=xviii}}
Some pasta varieties are uniquely regional and not widely known; many types have different names based on region or language. For example, the cut rotelle is also called {{lang|it|ruote}} in Italy and 'wagon wheels' in the United States. Manufacturers and cooks often invent new shapes of pasta, or may rename pre-existing shapes for marketing reasons.
Italian pasta names often end with the masculine plural diminutive suffixes {{lang|it|-ini, -elli, -illi, -etti}} or the feminine plurals {{lang|it|-ine, -elle}}, etc., all conveying the sense of {{gloss|little}}; or with the augmentative suffixes {{lang|it|-oni, -one}}, meaning {{gloss|large}}. Other suffixes like {{lang|it|-otti}} {{gloss|largish}}, and {{lang|it|-acci}} {{gloss|rough, badly made}}, may also occur. In Italian, all pasta type names are plural, except lasagna.
Long- and medium-length pasta
Long pasta may be made by extrusion or rolling and cutting.{{Clear}}
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|+ List of long- and medium-length pasta |
scope="col" | Type
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scope="row" | Barbine
| |Thin strands, often coiled into nests |Barbina | |
scope="row" | Bavette
|Narrower version of tagliatelle |Baverine, bavettine, lasagneddi (in Sicily){{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=117-118}} |Liguria{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=117-118}} |
scope="row" | Bigoli
|Thick, softer, spaghetti-like pasta. Made with whole wheat rather than durum. Sometimes made with duck egg.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |From bigolaro, the pasta press used to make bigoli{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p={{pn|date=September 2021}}}} |Fusarioi{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |Veneto{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Bucatini
|Thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center |Hollow straws.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThOlFtXaq0cC&dq=Pennoni+pasta&pg=PA187|title=Why Italians Love to Talk About Food: A Journey Through Italy's Great Regional Cuisines, From the alps to Sicily|first=Elena|last=Kostioukovitch|date=October 13, 2009|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=9781429935593|via=Google Books}} Translated from {{langx|it|buco}}, meaning "hole", and {{langx|it|bucato}}, meaning "pierced". |Boccolotti, perciatellini, foratini, fidelini bucati, fide bucate, agoni bucati, spilloni bucati{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=34}}{{cite web|url=http://www.food-info.net/uk/products/pasta/shapes.htm|title=Pasta-shapes|website=www.food-info.net|access-date=12 November 2017}} |Lazio{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Busiate (or busiati)
|Type of long macaroni. Often coiled around a twig of local weed.{{cite web|url=http://www.pastificiocampo.it/en-gb/busiate|title=Busiate|website=www.pastificiocampo.it|language=en|access-date=30 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080841/http://www.pastificiocampo.it/en-gb/busiate|url-status=dead}} |From busa, meaning "reed"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=40}} |Subioti, fusarioi, maccheroni bobbesi, busa, ciuffolitti (Abruzzo), gnocchi del ferro{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=40}} |Sicily (particularly Trapani){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=40}} Sardinia{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Capellini
|Very thin spaghetti, often coiled into nests. Capelli d'angelo are slightly thinner. |Angel Hair,{{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CID%20Pasta%20Products%2C%20Enriched%20and%20Whole%20Wheat.pdf|title=Pasta Products, Enriched and Whole Wheat, p.2}} Capelli d'angelo, cabellos de angel, capelvenere, fidelini, fedelini, cappellini, sopracappellini, capellini fini, bassetti, tagliolini a nido, barbine a nido, ramicia, vrimiciddi{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=54}} |Liguria{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Fedelini
|Very thin spaghettiMarchetti, Domenica (2011). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tCmeSKDoBYsC&dq=Fedelini+pasta&pg=PA122 The Glorious Pasta of Italy]. Chronicle Books. p. 122. {{ISBN|1452106908}} |Little faithful ones | |Naples, Genoa and Liguria{{Cite web|title=Fedelini {{!}} Local Pasta Variety From Italy|url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/fedelini|access-date=9 February 2021|website=www.tasteatlas.com}} |
scope="row" | Ferrazzuoli
|Similar to a twisted buccato with a cleft running on the side |Possibly from the thin iron square used to create the cleft{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} |Cannucce{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=102}} |Calabria{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=102}} |
scope="row" | Fettuccine
|Ribbon of pasta approximately 6.5 millimeters wide. Larger and thicker than tagliatelle.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=100}} |Little ribbons:{{Cite news|url=http://www.geometryofpasta.com/the-ministry/|title=The Ministry – Perfect Pasta Shapes – Geometry Of Pasta|work=Geometry Of Pasta|access-date=7 November 2017|language=en-GB}} from affettare, "to slice".{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=100}} |Lasagnette, fettucce, ramicce, sagne{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=100}} |Rome{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=100}} |
scope="row" | Fileja
|Elongated screw{{Cite book|title=The Oxford companion to Italian food|last=Riley|first=Gillian|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-19-860617-8|location=Oxford|page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000rile/page/88 88]|oclc=87771396|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000rile/page/88}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.the-pasta-project.com/fileja/|title=Fileja pasta from Calabria|date=28 December 2016|work=The Pasta Project|access-date=24 January 2018|language=en-GB}} |filleda, filateddhi, filatelli, fusilli avellinesi, maccaruni aru ferru, ricci di donna{{Cite book|title=La pasta. Atlante dei prodotti tipici|last=Zanini De Vita|first=Oretta|publisher=AGRA|year=2004|page=195}} |Vibo Valentia (Calabria),{{Cite book|title=1001 specialità della cucina italiana da provare almeno una volta nella vita|last1=Machado|first1=Amparo|last2=Prete|first2=Chiara|publisher=Newton Compton|year=2015|isbn=978-8854182868|page=87}} Avellino (Campania){{cite web|url=https://www.agendaonline.it/fusilli-avellinesi-la-ricetta-non-si-impara-si-eredita/|title=Fusilli Avellinesi, la ricetta non si impara, si eredita. - Agendaonline.it|website=www.agendaonline.it|language=it-IT|access-date=23 August 2018|archive-date=23 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105743/https://www.agendaonline.it/fusilli-avellinesi-la-ricetta-non-si-impara-si-eredita/|url-status=dead}} |
scope="row" | Lagane{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=145–147}}
|File:Lagane e ciciari ara cusentina.jpg |Wide pasta | | |
scope="row" | Lasagne
|Square or rectangle sheets of pasta that sometimes have fluted edges (lasagne ricce). The square of pasta is lasagna while the dish is lasagne.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=136}} |Possibly from Latin lasanum or Greek lasonon, "Cooking pot",{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=136}} or the Greco-Roman laganum, a flat piece of bread{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=136}} |bardele, lasagnoni (Veneto); capellasci (Liguria); sagne (Salento); lagana (Apulia);{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=136}} the fluted version can also be doppio festone, sciabo, sciablo{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=142}} | |
scope="row" | Lasagnette
|Narrower version of Lasagna{{cite book | last1=Rosso | first1=J. | last2=Lukins | first2=S. | title=The New Basics Cookbook | publisher=Workman Publishing Company | year=1989 | isbn=978-0-89480-392-5 | url=https://archive.org/details/newbasicscookboo00jule | url-access=registration | access-date=30 December 2019 | page=[https://archive.org/details/newbasicscookboo00jule/page/130 130]}} |Little lasagne | | |
scope="row" | Lasagnotte
| |Longer version of Lasagna |Bigger lasagna | | |
scope="row" | Linguine
|Flattened spaghetti |Bavettine, bavette fini, radichini, linguettine | |
scope="row" | Maccheroni alla molinara
|Very thick, long, hand-pulled pasta |The miller’s wife’s pasta | |
scope="row" | Maccheroncini di Campofilone
|Thin strands of egg-based pasta. Similar to Capelli d'angelo. | | |Marche{{cite web|url=https://www.greatitalianchefs.com/features/maccheroncini-di-campofilone-pasta-le-marche|title=Maccheroncini di Campofilone: Marche's 600-year-old pasta|date=22 May 2018|website=Great Italian Chefs|access-date=29 July 2018}} |
scope="row" | Mafalde
|Long rectangular ribbons with ruffled sides |Named in honor of Princess Mafalda of Savoy{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=145–147}}{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=214}} |Reginette, frese, tagliatelle nervate, signorine, trinette, ricciarelle, sfresatine, nastri, nastrini{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=214}} |Naples{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=214}} |
scope="row" | Matriciani
| |Similar to perciatelli, but folded over rather than hollowed out | | | |
scope="row" | Pappardelle
|Thick flat ribbons of egg-based dough |From Tuscan papparsi, "to pig out"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=184}} |Papparelle, paparele (Veneto); paspardelle (Marche){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=184}} |Tuscany and northern Italy{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=184}} |
scope="row" | Perciatelli
|"Virtually identical to bucatini"{{cite book | last1=Andrews | first1=C. | last2=Hirsheimer | first2=C. | last3=Batali | first3=M. | title=Country Cooking of Italy | publisher=Chronicle Books | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-4521-2392-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTqyEdU7fEcC&pg=PT91 | access-date=30 December 2019 | page=pt91}} |From perciare, "to hollow" |Maccheroncelli, Maccheroncini, Mezzanelli, Long Macaroni |Campania{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Picagge
|Flat strands about 1.5cm wide. Thinner sheet than lasagna. Can be white or green. |In Savonese dialect the name refers to the ribbons used as ornaments by dressmakers. In Genovese dialect however the word means napkin and refers to the size and shape of the pasta.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|p=189}} |Picaje or piccagge{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|p=189}} |Liguria, in particular the province of Savona{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|p=189}} |
scope="row" | Pici
|Very thick, irregular and long, hand-rolled pasta{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=198}} |From appiciare, "to stick"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=198}} |Lunghetti (Montalcino); pinci (Montepulciano); umbrici/ciriole (Umbria){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=198}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.umbriatourism.it/-/ciriole-alla-ternana|title=Le ricette della tradizione|work=Umbria tourism|access-date=19 January 2018|language=it-IT}} |Tuscany{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=198}} |
scope="row" | Pillus
| |Very thin ribbons cooked in beef broth | |Lisanzedas, a variation; large discs in lasagne-like layers |
scope="row" | Rustiche
|Serrated ribbons |Literally the feminine plural of rustico, meaning 'rustic'{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rustiche|title=rustiche - Wiktionary|website=en.wiktionary.org|access-date=3 January 2020}} | |
scope="row" | Sagne 'ncannulate
|Long tube formed of twisted ribbon |Caned lasagne | | |
scope="row" | Scialatelli or scialatielli
|Short, flat ribbons | | |Sorrento{{cite book|title=Il Devoto-Oli 2012. Vocabolario della lingua Italiana|publisher=Le Monnier|year=2011|editor1=Luca Serianni|language=it|editor2=Maurizio Trifone}} |
scope="row" | Spaghetti
|A long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin, made of semolina or flour and water.[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spaghetti Definition of spaghetti]. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. (accessed: 3 June 2008). Spaghettini and spaghettoni are slightly thinner or thicker, respectively.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=230}} |"Little strings". Spaghetti is the plural form of the Italian word spaghetto, which is a diminutive of spago, meaning "thin string" or "twine". |Fide/fidi, fidelini, ristoranti, vermicelloni, filatelli, vermicelloni giganti{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=230}} |
scope="row" | Spaghetti alla chitarra
|Named after the guitar-like device used to cut the pasta, which has a wooden frame strung with metal wires. Sheets of pasta are pressed down onto the device, and then the wires are "strummed" so the slivers of pasta fall through. |Tonnarelli, maccheroni alla chitarra |
scope="row" | Spaghettini
| |A slightly thinner version of spaghetti{{cite book | last=Vos | first=H. | title=Passion of a Foodie - An International Kitchen Companion | publisher=Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-934925-63-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spY3ct9PBxEC&pg=PA406 | access-date=30 December 2019 | page=406}} |Thin spaghetti | |
scope="row" | Spaghettoni
|A slightly thicker version of spaghetti{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=230}} |Thick spaghetti |Spaghetti spessi | |
scope="row" | Stringozzi
|Similar to shoelaces | |
scope="row" | Su Filindeu
| |Extremely rare pasta, made of thinly pulled and folded dough which is laid in the sun to dry{{Cite web|url=https://www.italofile.com/su-filindeu-pasta-sardinia/|title=Sardinia's Su Filindeu: The Rarest Pasta in the World|date=April 20, 2021}} | |
scope="row" | Tagliatelle
|Ribbons of egg-based pasta.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=248}} Generally narrower than fettuccine. |From the Italian tagliare, meaning "to cut"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=248}} |Tagliarelli, reginelle, fresine, nastri, fettuccelle, fettucce romane, fiadi, tagliolini; tagliatelle smalzade (Trentino); lesagnetes (Veneto); bardele (Lombardia); fettuccine (Lazio); pincinelle (Colonna); tagghiarini (Sicily); taddarini (Sardinia){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=248}} |Emilia-Romagna (part. Bologna){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=248}} |
scope="row" | Tagliolini
|Thinner version of tagliatelle |From the Italian tagliare, meaning "to cut" |Tagliolini; tagliatini (Tuscany); tajarin (Piedmont){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=254}} |
scope="row" | Trenette
|Thin ribbon ridged on one side. Slightly thicker than linguine. | | | |
scope="row" | Tripoline
| |Thick ribbon ridged on one side{{cite book | last=Steves | first=R. | title=Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book & Dictionary | publisher=Avalon Publishing | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-63121-749-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kwfDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT136 | access-date=30 December 2019 | page=136}} | | |
scope="row" | Vermicelli
|A traditional pasta round that is thinner than spaghetti{{cite web | title=Definition of Vermicelli | website=Merriam-Webster | date=11 December 2019 | url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vermicelli | access-date=3 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/CID%20Pasta%20Products%2C%20Enriched%20and%20Whole%20Wheat.pdf|title=Pasta Products, Enriched and Whole Wheat}} |Little worms{{cite web | author=Wheeler, Jen | title=What Is Vermicelli? | website=Chowhound | date=5 March 2019 | url=https://www.chowhound.com/food-news/187696/rice-noodles-vermicelli-what-is-the-difference/ | access-date=3 January 2020}} | |Campania{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Ziti
|Long, narrow hose-like tubes larger than mezzani (also called mezzi ziti) or bucatini that are traditionally broken before being put to cook.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=282}} The addition of the word rigati (e.g. ziti rigati) denotes lines or ridges on the pasta's surface. Ziti candelati are longer, zitoni a bit larger. |Bride and bridegroom (ziti is plural) in Sicilian dialect{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=282}} |Boccolotti, zitoni, zituane, candele, ziti candelati{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=282}} |Sicily,{{Cite web|last=Drezga|first=Stephen|date=29 July 2019|title=ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA - Ziti|url=https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-ziti/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=Chef's Mandala|language=en-US}} Southern Italy{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=282}} |
Short-cut pasta
Short-cut pasta ({{lang|it|pasta corta}}) are mostly made by extrusion.
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scope="row" | Anelli
|Short tubular, or annular-shaped, pasta sometimes with ridges on the inside or outside{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=D5nXAbSifIgC&pg=PA34 34]}} |Anelloni, anellini, anelletti, anelloni d'Africa (large rings){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=26}} |Sicily{{Cite web|last=Drezga|first=Stephen|date=25 February 2020|title=ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA - Anellini / Anelloni / Anelli|url=https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-anellini-anelloni-anelli/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=Chef's Mandala|language=en-US}} |
scope="row" | Boccoli
|Short, thick twisted shape |Ringlets | |
scope="row" | Calamarata
|Wide ring-shaped pasta |Squid-like |Calamari |
scope="row" | Campanelle or torchio
|Flattened bell-shaped pasta with a frilly edge on one end. Torchio are identical but with a smooth edge.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=258}} |Bellflower.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=42}} Gigli are lilies, torchio is a press (usually for olive or grapes, but also pasta).{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=258}} |Gigli,{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=42}} cornetti, corni di bue | |
scope="row" | Cappelli da chef
|Extruded pasta that looks like a chef's hat |Chef hats |Chef's hats | |
scope="row" | Casarecce
|Short lengths extruded into a S shape{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=66}} |From casereccio, "homemade" |Sicily, Campania{{Cite web|last=Drezga|first=Stephen|date=7 October 2019|title=ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA - Casarecce|url=https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-casarecce/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=Chef's Mandala|language=en-US}} |
scope="row" | Cascatelli
|Designed by Dan Pashman in 2021 – thick, half-tubed pasta with ruffled sides |From cascatelle, "little waterfalls" | |
scope="row" | Castellane
|Shell pasta coiled into a conical shape |Translated as "castle dweller", for the shape of the pasta loosely resembles that of a long, flowing robe | | |
scope="row" | Cavatappi
|Corkscrew-shaped macaroni |Corkscrews |Cellentani,{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=68}} amori, spirali or fusilli rigati. | |
scope="row" | Cavatelli
|Short, solid lengths. Exist in three sizes, usually measured in fingers (one, two or three).{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=70}} |From the verb cavare, "hollow" |Cortecce,{{Cite book|title=Jamie Cuisine l'Italie|last=Oliver|first=Jamie|publisher=Hachette Pratique|year=2018|isbn=978-2017042839|location=Paris|page=132}} gnocchetti, manatelli, orecchie di prete, strascinati, truoccoli; capunti, cingule, minuich, rascatelli, zinnezinne (Basilicata); cantaroggini, cavatieddi, cecatelli/cicatelli, cecatidde, mignuicchi, strascenate, tagghjunghele (Apulia and Campania); pincinelle (Marche); cavatielle, 'ncatenate, cazzarille, ciufele (Molise); cavasuneddi, cavatuneddi, gnucchitti, gnocculi (Sicily),{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=70}} pizzicarieddi (Apulia).{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=73, 195}} Pictured is dry capunti, a variety of cavatelli from Apulia. |Southern continental Italy (i.e. Campania, Apulia, Molise, Basilicata, Calabria) and Sicily{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=70}} |
scope="row" | Chifferi
|Short and wide macaroni. Can be smooth (lisci) or furrowed (rigati).{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=78}} |From the Austrian cookies Kipferl{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=74}} |Gomiti{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} | |
scope="row" | Cicioneddos
|Hand-rolled, shell-shaped pasta that are smaller than malloreddus | | |
scope="row" | Conchiglie
|Seashell-shaped, usually furrowed (rigate) |Arselle, abissini, coccioline, conchigliette, tofettine,{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=76}} cinesini, margaritine, cinesi rigati, mezzi cocci, margherite rigate, cappettine | |
scope="row" | Creste di gallo
|Short, curved, and ruffled |Grui{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} | |
scope="row" | Fagioloni
| |Short narrow tube |Large beans | | |
scope="row" | Farfalle
|Bow tie- or butterfly-shaped |fiochetti, fiocconi, farfalloni, galla genovese, strichetti (Modena), nocchette (Apulia and Abruzzo){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=92}} |
scope="row" | Fazzoletti
| |Thin rectangles or squares of pasta |Handkerchief{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=96}} |Fazzoletti di seta, mandilli di sea (Ligurian dialect){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=96}} |Liguria{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=96}} |
scope="row" | Festoni
|Thick ruffled helices |Festoon | | |
scope="row" | Fiorentine
| |Grooved cut tubes |Florentine | | |
scope="row" | Fiori
|Shaped like a flower |Flowers | | |
scope="row" | Fusilli
|Long, thick, corkscrew-shaped pasta that may be solid or hollow |The word fusilli presumably comes from Italian: fuso, meaning "spindle".{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=104}} |Eliche, girandole, rotini {{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=104}} | |
scope="row" | Fusilli bucati
|A hollow version of fusilli.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZUs-Lb6m70C&dq=Fusilli+bucati&pg=PA18|title=The Digital Pasta Book 1 / Italian pasta|date=February 17, 2003|publisher=NORDISC Music & Text|isbn=9788788619478|via=Google Books}} Note: different shapes can be attached to this name. Can be long, short or twined (lunghi, corti or gemellati).{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=108}} |Holed spindles |Busiata, maccaruna di casa, pirciati, filati cu lu pirtuso, fusilli col buco.{{cite web|url=http://www.foodsubs.com/PastaShapes.html |title=Cook's Thesaurus: Pasta Shapes |publisher=Foodsubs.com |access-date=30 December 2019}}{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=108}} |Sicily{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Garganelli
|Egg pasta in a square shape rolled into a tube |From garganel, "oesophagus"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=110}} |Maccheroni al pettine (Marche), fischioni{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=110}} |Emilia-Romagna{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=110}} |
scope="row" | Gemelli
|A single S-shaped strand of pasta twisted in a loose spiral{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/howtocookeveryth00bitt|title=How to cook everything. Simple recipes for great food|last=Mark|first=Bittman|date=1998|publisher=Macmilllan|isbn=0-02-861010-5|location=New York, NY|oclc=64396558|url-access=registration}} |The name derives from the Italian for twins. | | |
scope="row" | Gnocchi
|Lobed shells. Not to be confused with gnocchi dumplings. | | |
scope="row" | Gomiti
|Elbow maccheroni, furrowed |From gomito, "elbow"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=130}} |Chifferi | |
scope="row" | Lanterne
|Curved ridges |Lanterns | | |
scope="row" | Lorighittas
|Strands of pasta rolled twice around three fingers to form a ring, and then twisted to look like a rope{{cite web|url=http://www.morgongiori.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=220|title=Le "Lorighittas"|website=www.morgongiori.eu|language=it-it|access-date=7 August 2018}} | |
scope="row" | Macaroni
|From Greek for food made from barley{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/macaroni|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718222959/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/macaroni|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2012|title=macaroni|website=Oxford Dictionaries|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=3 September 2014}} |Macaroni (outside of Italy), maccheroncini{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=152}} |Naples{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=152}} |
scope="row" | Maccheroncelli
| |Hollow tube-shaped pasta that is slightly smaller than a pencil in thickness{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aat2zzXHDrMC&dq=Maccheroncelli&pg=PA54|title=Cucina Napoletana – Arturo Iengo – Google Books|isbn=9781845379896|last1=Iengo|first1=Arturo|year=2008|publisher=New Holland }} |Small maccheroni | | |
scope="row" | Mafaldine
|Little mafalde | |
scope="row" | Maltagliati
|Irregular shapes of flat pasta formed from scraps of pasta production{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63JSqnnOkFYC&dq=Maltagliati&pg=PA82|title=Making Artisan Pasta: How to Make a World of Handmade Noodles, Stuffed Pasta, Dumplings, and More|first=Aliza|last=Green|date=January 1, 2012|publisher=Quarry Books|isbn=9781610581950|via=Google Books}} |Badly cut{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=145–147}} |Strengozze, malmaritati, blecs; pizzocherini (Valtellina); straciamus/spruzzamusi (Mantua); gasse, martaliai (Liguria); begnamusi/sguazzabarbuz (Emilia-Romagna); strengozze (Marche); sagne 'mpezze (Latium); pizzelle (Apulia); foglie di salice (Piedmont){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=166}} | |
scope="row" | Malloreddus
|Hand-rolled, shell-shaped pasta with saffron. A machine-extruded version also exists, which typically omits the use of saffron.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|p=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpa00zani/page/170 170]}} |In Campidanese dialect, a malloreddu is a male cow (plur. malloreddus).{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=163}} |Gnocchetti sardi, caidos, macarones cravaos, maccaronis de orgiu{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=163}} |Sardinia{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=163}} |
scope="row" | Mandala
|Designed by Philippe Starck in 1987 for French pasta maker Panzani, intended to compensate for overcooking{{cite web|url=http://www.quickswood.com/my_weblog/2007/01/designers_pasta.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310015250/http://www.quickswood.com/my_weblog/2007/01/designers_pasta.html|archive-date=10 March 2016|title=DESIGNERS' PASTA PASTS – Extreme pasta shapes that never made it|author=Joseph Froncioni}} |A reference to mandalas | | |
scope="row" | Marille
| |Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1983 – like a rolling ocean wave in cross-section with internal rugosities, but unsuccessful and no longer produced |From mare, "sea" | | |
scope="row" | Mezzani
| |Short curved tube{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rP4lYX24yEgC&dq=Mezzani+pasta&pg=PA19|title=Slim and Healthy Italian Cooking|first=Marina|last=Polvay|date=February 17, 1990|publisher=Seaside Publishing|isbn=9780942084337|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYfwouogEwEC&dq=Mezzani+pasta&pg=PA102|title=365 Ways to Cook Pasta: For Every Season, For Every Reason, a Pasta Lover's Paradise|first=Marie|last=Simmons|date=April 26, 2005|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=9780060589929|via=Google Books}} |Half-size ones |Perciatelloni, Mezze Zite, Regine, Scaloppi, Napoletani, Hoernli (wide-spread in Switzerland, in at least 3 sizes) | |
scope="row" | Mezze maniche
|About half the length of rigatoni |Half-sleeves | | |
scope="row" | Mezze penne
| |Short version of penne |Half-pens | | |
scope="row" | Mezzi bombardoni
| |Wide short tubes |Half-bombards | | |
scope="row" | Nuvole
|Short coiled pasta |Clouds | | |
scope="row" | Paccheri
|Large tube pasta often topped with sauce or stuffed with ingredients.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WuYZ7SBxLlYC&dq=Paccheri+pasta&pg=PA133|title=Naples at Table: Cooking in Campania|first=Arthur|last=Schwartz|date=October 7, 1998|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=9780060182618|via=Google Books}} May collapse under own weight when cooking.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=176}} |from Napolitan paccharia, "Slaps" with a depreciative -ero to indicate something common.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=176}}{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=190}} The name has been ascribed to a slapping sound they may make when eaten. |Maniche di frate, maniche rigate, rigatoni, rigatoncini, bombaroni, tufoli rigati. Moccolotti in Marche and Umbria.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=190}} |Naples{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=176}} |
scope="row" | Passatelli
|Made from bread crumbs, eggs, grated Parmesan cheese, lemon, and nutmeg, and cooked in chicken broth{{Cite web |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_6359,00.html |title=Maria Pia Hellrigl recipe |access-date=18 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128174456/http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_6359,00.html |archive-date=28 November 2004 |url-status=dead }} | | |Pesaro e Urbino (northern Marche) and other regions of northern Italy such as Emilia Romagna |
scope="row" | Pasta al ceppo
| |Sheet pasta that is similar in shape to a cinnamon stick{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pd2dpgCgrxgC&dq=Pasta+al+ceppo&pg=PT127|title=The Food of Campanile: Recipes from the Famed Los Angeles Restaurant: A Cookbook|first1=Mark|last1=Peel|first2=Nancy|last2=Silverton|date=February 9, 2011|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=9780307757265|via=Google Books}} |Log-type pasta | | |
scope="row" | Penne
|Medium length tubes with ridges, cut diagonally at both ends. They can be either lisce (smooth) or rigate (grooved). Mostaccioli is also sometimes used for Barilla products, pennette have a shorter length and pennoni are wider and thicker.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASXuKL9RQaoC&dq=Pennoni+pasta&pg=PA114|title=The Florida Keys Cookbook, 2nd: Recipes & Foodways of Paradise – Victoria Shearer – Google Books|isbn=9780762781089|last1=Shearer|first1=Victoria|date=20 November 2012}} |Pens (after a quill pen) or feathers |Pennine, mezze pennette lisce, mezze penne, mezzani, pennettine, pennuzze, penne regina, mostaccioli, penne a candela, penne di natale/natalini, penne di ziti/zitoni.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=194}} |Liguria{{cite web|url=http://www.welovepasta.it/penne-in-origine-erano-con-lo-zafferano/ |title=Penne? In origine erano con lo zafferano - WeLovePasta |publisher=Welovepasta.it |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=30 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.dececco.com/it_it/product/mezze-penne-rigate-n-141-integrali/ |title=Mezze Penne Rigate n° 141 Integrali | Pasta de Cecco |access-date=2018-10-05 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127004835/https://www.dececco.com/it_it/product/mezze-penne-rigate-n-141-integrali/ |url-status=dead }} |
scope="row" | Penne ricce
|Curled penne variant, usually grooved |Curly penne | | |
scope="row" | Picchiarelli
|Slightly longer than cavatelli | | |
scope="row" | Pipe rigate
|Very similar to Lumaconi but smaller has lines running the length of it |Grooved pipes | | |
scope="row" | Pizzoccheri
|A type of short tagliatelle, a flat ribbon pasta, made with buckwheat flour: the lack of gluten makes them hard to manipulate.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=202}} |From pinzochero, "bigot"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=202}} |Fugascion, pizzocher di Tei{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=202}} |Valtellina (Lombardy){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=202}} |
scope="row" | Quadrefiore
|Square with rippled edges |From quadro, "square" and fiore, "flower" | | |
scope="row" | Radiatori
|Shaped like radiators, they were created between the First and Second World Wars.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=206}} They are often used in similar dishes as rotelle or fusilli because their shape works well with thicker sauces.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foodsubs.com/PastaShapes.html|title=Cook's Thesaurus: Pasta Shapes|website=www.foodsubs.com}} | |
scope="row" | Riccioli
|Hollow cut with cylindrical ridges |Curls. | | |
scope="row" | Ricciolini
|Short wide pasta with a 90-degree twist |Little curls | | |
scope="row" | Ricciutelle
|Short spiralled pasta |Little curls | | |
scope="row" | Rigatoncini
| |Smaller version of rigatoni |Small lined ones | | |
scope="row" | Rigatoni
|Medium-Large tube with square-cut ends, sometimes slightly curved. Always grooved, and straight or bent depending on extrusion method.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=218}} |From rigare, "to line, furrow, groove"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=218}} |Bombardoni, cannaroni rigati, cannerozzi rigati, rigatoni romani, trivelli, tuffolini rigati{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=218}} |Lazio{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=218}} |
scope="row" | Rombi
|Rhombus-shaped ribbons | | | |
scope="row" | Rotelle
|Wagon wheel-shaped pasta |Little wheels |Biciclette, ruotine, ruote, rotelline, ruotelline, rotine, rotini{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=222}} | |
scope="row" | Sagnette
|Short thick ribbons from Abruzzo and Molise. Also called sagne or tagliolini. | | | |
scope="row" | Sagnarelli
|Rectangular ribbons with fluted edges | | | |
scope="row" | Sedani
|Slightly larger than macaroni with a similar slight bend. Can be smooth (lisci) or furrowed (rigati). |From sedano, "celery" |Sedanini, cornetti, diavoletti, diavolini, folletti; or zanne d'elefante if smooth.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=224}} |Naples{{Cite web|last=Drezga|first=Stephen|date=3 March 2020|title=ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA - Sedanini|url=https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-sedanini/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=Chef's Mandala|language=en-US}} |
scope="row" | Spirali
|Spiraled tubes, a common alternative name for cavatappi |Spirals | Cavatappi, cellentani,{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=68}} amori, fusilli rigati. | |
scope="row" | Spiralini (Scharfalini)
| |Tightly coiled spirali |Little spirals | | |
scope="row" | Strapponi
| |Strips of pasta ripped from a sheet |From strappare, "to rip off"{{cite web|url=http://www.terraditoscana.com/default.aspx?lpg=cucina_tradizionale&obj=strapponi|title=Strapponi|website=www.terraditoscana.com|access-date=21 June 2019}} | |
scope="row" | Strozzapreti
|Rolled across their width. Similar to Sicilian casarecce. |Priest-chokers or priest-stranglers{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=244}} |Strangolarpreti, gnocchi di prete (Friuli); frigulelli, piccicasanti, strozzafrati (Marche), cecamariti (Lazio); maccheroni alla molinara (Abruzzo); strangulaprievete (Naples); strangulaprieviti (Calabria); affogaparini (Sicily){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=244}} |Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=244}} |
scope="row" | Testaroli
| | | |
scope="row" | Tortiglioni
|Larger tubes than rigatoni. The grooves are also deeper and spiral around the pasta.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=270}} |From Latin torquere, "to twist"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=270}} |
scope="row" | Treccioni
|Coiled pasta |From treccia, "braid" | | |
scope="row" | Trenne
| |Triangoli, penne triangolo | |
scope="row" | Trofie
|Thin twisted pasta made of durum wheat and water.{{cite web|url=http://italianfood.about.com/od/gnocchi/r/blr0734.htm|title=Trofie|author=Kyle Phillips|publisher=About.com|access-date=2008-07-13|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112443/http://italianfood.about.com/od/gnocchi/r/blr0734.htm|url-status=dead}} Trofie bastarde are made with chestnut flour.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=274}} |Possibly from Greek trophe, "food" or local Genovese dialect strofissià or strufuggiâ, "to rub"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=274}} |Rechelline, trofiette.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=274}} |Liguria{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=274}} |
scope="row" | Trottole
| |Pasta in the shape of spinning tops{{Cite web|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=trottole&oldid=62811575|title=trottole|date=June 17, 2021|via=Wiktionary}} | | | |
scope="row" | Tuffoli
| |Ridged rigatoni | | | |
scope="row" | Vesuvio
|Corkscrew-shaped pasta |From Mount Vesuvius | |
Stretched pasta
{{lang|it|Strascinati}} are mostly hand-made disks of pasta dragged ({{lang|it|strascinato}}) across a wooden board. {{lang|it|Orecchiette}} are a typical example.
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|+ List of stretched pasta |
scope="col" | Type
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scope="row" | Cencioni
|Petal shaped, slightly curved with rough convex side{{Cite book |title=The ultimate pasta and noodle cookbook |last=Cosmo |first=Serena |isbn=978-1-60433-733-4 |edition=1st |location=Kennebunkport, Maine|page=67 |oclc=975365483|date=24 October 2017 }} |Little rags |
scope="row" | Corzetti
|Flat figure-eight stamped from Liguria{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=80}} |The name derives from a 14th century Genovese coin, the corzetto.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=80}} |Curzetti (Genoa); crosets (Piedmont); crosetti (Emilia-Romagna); croxetti, torsellini{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=80}} |Val Polcevera{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Fainelle
| |Flat strascinato that vaguely resembles carob{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=99}} |Fainella means carob in Pugliese dialect.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=99}} | |Foggia (Apulia){{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=99}} |
scope="row" | Foglie d'ulivo
|Shaped like an olive leaf |Olive leaves | |Southern Apulia{{Cite web|last=Drezga|first=Stephen|date=31 March 2020|title=ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA - Foglie d'Ulivo|url=https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-foglie-dulivo/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=Chef's Mandala|language=en-US}} |
scope="row" | Orecchiette
|Irregular disc with a central dome and a slightly thicker crown. Strascinate are identical but flat.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=170}} |strascinate; recchini (Rome); recchietele (Campania, Molise and Basilicata); orecchie di prete (Abruzzo and Basilicata); cicatelli (Apulia); recchie di prevete (Foggia); cagghiubbi/fenescecchie (Bari); chancierelle/pochiacche (small/big versions; Taranto); stacchiodde (Lecce){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=170}} |Apulia{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=170}} |
Soup pasta
These are small types of pasta, mainly used in soups, many of which belong to the {{lang|it|pastina}} ({{gloss|small pasta}}) family.{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUczAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA357|title=Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way|last1=Zanini De Vita|first1=Oretta|last2=Fant|first2=Maureen B.|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=2013|isbn=978-0-393-08243-2|page=357|chapter=Pasta}}{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=145–147}}
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|+ List of small or soup pasta |
scope="col" | Type
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scope="row" | Acini di pepe
|Grains of pepper | | |
scope="row" | Alphabet pasta
|Pasta that has been mechanically cut or pressed into the letters of the alphabet | | |
scope="row" | Anchellini
| | | | |
scope="row" | Anelli
|Small rings of pasta (not to be confused with Calamaretti) |Small rings |Aneletti, anidduzzi, cerchionetti, taraduzzi{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=26}} |Sicily{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=26}} |
scope="row" | Anellini
|Smaller version of anelli |Anelline{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|p={{pn|date=September 2021}}}} | |
scope="row" | Armonie
| | | | |
scope="row" | Conchigliette
|Small shell-shaped pasta |Little shells | |
scope="row" | Coquillettes
| | | | |
scope="row" | Coralli
| | | | |
scope="row" | Corallini
|Small short tubes of pasta |Little corals | | |
scope="row" | Cuscussu
|Minuscule dots reminding of couscous | |Scucuzzu.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|p=387}} Kusksu in Malta |Liguria, but found throughout Italy and in Malta.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|p=387}} |
scope="row" | Ditali
|Short tubes whose diameter is roughly the same as their length. Can be lisci or rigati.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=88}} |Ditalini, tubetti, tubettini, gnocchetti di ziti, ditaletti, coralli; denti di vecchia, denti di cavallo, ganghi di vecchia, magghietti (Apulia and Sicily){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=88}} |Campania, Apulia{{Cite web|last=Drezga|first=Stephen|date=4 March 2019|title=ARCHAEOLOGY OF PASTA - Ditali & Ditalini|url=https://chefsmandala.com/archaeology-pasta-ditali-ditalini/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=Chef's Mandala|language=en-US}} |
scope="row" | Egg barley
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scope="row" | Farfalline
|Little butterflies ("bow tie" in Italian is cravatta a farfalla, "butterfly tie") | | |
scope="row" | Fideos{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-S2Y1UZoosC&dq=fideos+pasta&pg=PA213|title=Eat, Drink, Think in Spanish: A Food Lover's English-Spanish/Spanish-English Dictionary|first=Lourdes|last=Castro|date=December 1, 2009|publisher=Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed|isbn=9781580084017|via=Google Books}}
|Pasta prepared with eggs, flour and water | | | |
scope="row" | Filini
|Smaller version of fideos, about 12–15 mm long before cooking |Little threads. | | |
scope="row" | Fregula
|Bead-like pasta from Sardinia. Slightly toasted due to drying process.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=102}} |Little fragments{{cite web|url=http://www.charmingitaly.com/different-types-of-pasta/|title=The Different Types of Pasta|author=Paolo Rossi}} |Fregola, freula, fregua | |
scope="row" | Funghini
| |Small mushroom-shaped pasta |Little mushrooms | | |
scope="row" | Gianduietta
| | | | |
scope="row" | Grano
| | | | |
scope="row" | Gramigna
|Short curled lengths of pasta. Spaccatelle are larger.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=228}} |From gramigna, "weed" or spaccatura, "slot"{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=228}} |Crestine, margherite lisce, fagioletti, zitellini, tubettini lunghi, gramignoni, spaccatelle{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=134}} |Sicily,{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=228}} Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Friuli-Venezia Giulia{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|pages=139-140}} |
scope="row" | Grattini
|Small granular, irregular shaped pasta (smaller version of Grattoni) |Little grains | | |
scope="row" | Grattoni
|Large granular, irregular shaped pasta |Grains | | |
scope="row" | Margheritine
| |Daisy-shaped | | | |
scope="row" | Merletti
| | | | |
scope="row" | Midolline
|Flat teardrop shaped pasta (similar to Orzo but wider) | | | |
scope="row" | Occhi di passero
| | | | |
scope="row" | Occhi di pernice
|Very small rings of pasta |Partridge's eyes | | |
scope="row" | Orzo
|Rice shaped pasta. Risoni are slightly bigger.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=174}} |Barley, rice{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=174}} |Puntine, punte d'ago, armelline, semi d'orzo, semi d'avena, semi di riso, occhi di giudeo, armellette, puntalette, semi di cicoria, cicorietta, risetto, chicchi di riso, semini, avena, avena grande, cicorie, semi di melone, semi di mela, midolline, semoni, risone, risoni riso{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=174}} | |
scope="row" | Pastina
|Although pastina is the name for an entire family of miniature pasta shapes, it is also used to describe the most basic one in this family – small spheres, smaller than acini di pepe. |Little pasta | | |
scope="row" | Piombi
|Spheres slightly larger than acini di pepe |"Leads" as in lead shot |Pearl pasta | |
scope="row" | Ptitim
|Rice grains, spheres or other forms |Flakes |Israeli couscous, Jerusalem couscous, giant couscous, pearl couscous{{cite news |last=Meador |first=David |date=14 October 2015 |title=Squash provides fantastic fall flavors |url=http://www.bradenton.com/living/food-drink/cooking-with-local-chefs/article38928819.html |newspaper=The Bradenton Herald |department=Living, Food & Drink: Cooking with Local Chefs}} |
scope="row" | Puntine
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scope="row" | Quadrettini
|Small flat squares of pasta |Quadrucci, quadratini, quadretti, lucciole, quadrellini, quadrotti; quaternei (Emilia-Romagna); squadrucchetti (Umbria); ciciarchiola/cicerchiole (depending on size; Lazio).{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=204}} | |
scope="row" | Sorprese
|Small bell shaped pasta with a ruffled edge and a crease on one side. Can be ridged or smooth (lisce). |Surprise | | |
scope="row" | Stelle
|Small star-shaped pasta |Stars, small or big (resp. stelline or stellette){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=240}} |anellini, avermarie, astri, fiori di sambuco, lentine, puntine, semini, stellettine, stellette{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=240}} | |
scope="row" | Stortini
|Smaller version of elbow macaroni |Little crooked ones | | |
scope="row" | Tripolini
|In larger varieties these are sometimes called farfalle tonde.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=48}} Small bow tie-shaped pasta with rounded edges. |canestrini are small willow baskets. |Signorine, canestri, canestrini, farfallini, galani, nastrini, nodini, stricchetti{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=48}} | |
Filled pasta
The name {{lang|it|raviolo}} (plural {{lang|it|ravioli}}) can be used as a generic description for almost any type of filled pasta.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=208}}
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scope="row" | Agnolini
|Agnolini are a type of stuffed egg pasta originating from the province of Mantua (in the Mantuan dialect they are commonly called "agnulìn" or "agnulì") and are oftentimes eaten in soup or broth.{{cite web|url=http://cucina.corriere.it/libri/cards/gli-aristopiatti-nobilta-italiana-tavola/agnolini-gonzaga.shtml|title=Gli Aristopiatti, la nobiltà a tavola dai Gonzaga al Gattopardo|website=Corriere.it}} |Diminutive of old word for "angel" |"agnulìn" or "agnulì" |
scope="row" | Agnolotti
|Semicircular or square pockets; can be stuffed with ricotta, a mix of cheese and meats (agnolotti di grasso), or pureed vegetables (agnolotti di magro).{{Cite book|title=1001 specialità della cucina italiana da provare almeno una volta nella vita|last=Amparo Machado|first=Chiara Prete|publisher=Newton Compton Editions|year=2015|isbn=9788854186484}} |Diminutive of old word for "angel"; Agnolotti was Giotto di Bondone's nickname. |agnellotti, agnolòt, angelotti, langaroli, langheroli, piat d'angelòt{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=16}} |
scope="row" | Caccavelle
|Large bowl-like pasta intended for stuffing |From Latin cacabus, "pot"{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/caccavella_(Sinonimi-e-Contrari)/|title=caccavella in "Sinonimi e Contrari"|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT|access-date=23 January 2018}} |Pentole (Naples) |
scope="row" | Cannelloni
|Rolls of pasta with various fillings, usually cooked in an oven{{cite web|url=http://cannellonirecipes.org/|title=Cannelloni Recipes|author=Cannelloni Recipes Organization|access-date=26 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901061417/http://cannellonirecipes.org/|archive-date=1 September 2012}} |Derived from cana, "reed" |Cannaciotti, canneroncini, cannarone/cannerone (Naples), cannarune (Apulia), canneroni, cannoli/ crusetti (Sicily), manfriguli/manfrigoli (Valtellina),{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=50}} manicotti (in the US),{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=168}} gnocchettoni zitoni, tagliati di zitoni, cannelloni zitoni, spole, sigarette, schiaffoni |Central Italy{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Cappelletti
|Squares of dough filled with cheese (or, rarely, meat) and closed to form a small hat (cappello=hat). In the large majority of Romagna the filling is made with a mixture of parmesan and soft cheese. |Little caps or hats{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=58}}{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cappelletti|title=Merriam Webster|access-date=10 June 2013|editor=merriam-webster}} |cappelli, cappelli del prete, or nicci in Tuscany.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=58}} |Emilia-Romagna{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Caramelle
|A stuffed pasta resembling double twist candies |Candy | |
scope="row" | Casoncelli
|A stuffed pasta with various fillings |Possibly from casa, "house" |Casonsei, Casonziei, Ciaroncie{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |Lombardy{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=28}} |
scope="row" | Casunziei
|A stuffed pasta with various fillings |From casa, "house" | |
scope="row" | Conchiglioni
|Large, stuffable seashell shaped |Large shells | |Campania |
scope="row" | Culurgioni
|A stuffed pasta typical with a filling of potato and mint | |Culingionis, Culurzones, Kulurjones, angiolottus, spighitti |Sardinia (particularly the South-Eastern Ogliastra region) |
scope="row" | Fagottini
|A 'purse' or bundle of pasta, made from a round of dough gathered into a ball-shaped bundle, often stuffed with ricotta and fresh pear |Little cloth bundles | | |
scope="row" | Lumache
|Snailshell-shaped pieces. Larger than gomiti or pipe. |Lumachelle, lumachette, cirillini, chifferini, ciocchiolette, cirillini, gomitini, gozziti, lumachelle, lumachoni, lumaconi, pipe, pipette, tofarelle{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=150}} | |
scope="row" | Mezzelune
|Semicircular pockets about 2.5 in. diameter | | |
scope="row" | Occhi di lupo
| |Large, stuffed, penne-shaped pasta. Around 1.5 inches long.{{cite book | last=Kolpas | first=N. | title=Practically Useless Information on Food and Drink | publisher=Thomas Nelson | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-4185-5389-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjrKELUcaPYC&pg=PA65 | access-date=3 January 2020 | page=65}} | | |
scope="row" | Pansotti
|Triangular shape with a bulging center. Does not contain meat.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=180}} |Big bellies{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=180}} |Ravioli di magro.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=180}} |Liguria{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=180}} |
scope="row" | Pavese agnolotti
|Square pockets; they are filled with Pavese stew.{{cite web|url=https://www.piaceredelgusto.com/agnolotti-cavour/|title=Agnolotti Cavour|access-date=9 December 2023|language=it}} |Diminutive of old word for "angel"; Agnolotti was Giotto di Bondone's nickname. |Lombardy{{cite web|url=https://www.famigliacristiana.it/articolo/nell-oltrepo-si-sfidano-gli-agnolotti-.aspx|title=Nell'Oltrepò si sfidano gli agnolotti|access-date=10 December 2023|language=it|publisher=Famiglia Cristiana}} |
scope="row" | Ravioli
|Each raviolo (singular form of ravioli) is constructed using two pieces of pasta, one on top of the other, and sealed around the perimeter forming a cavity in the center. A filling of cheese, ground meat, pureed vegetables, or various mixtures thereof is encased in its cavity before sealing. Its shape is commonly square; however, other shapes, such as circular and semi-circular (Mezzelune), are also acceptable. |Many claimed origins: possibly from rapa, "vegetable root", or rabibole, "cheap stuff" in Ligurian dialect; or simply from ravolgere, "to wrap".{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=208}}{{cite web |url=http://foodtimeline.org/foodfaq2.html#ravioli|title=FAQs: mozzarella cheese to yogurt – Ravioli |last=Olver |first=Lynne |author-link=Lynne Olver |date=September 2018 |website=The Food Timeline }} | | |
scope="row" | Rotolo ripieno
| |A rolled pasta with filling; cooked roll is normally sliced, covered in sauce and broiled in the oven{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=238}} |"Stuffed roll"{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=238}} |Rotoli imbotito; strudel (Trentino-Alto Adige); pasta al sacco (Marche){{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=238}} | |
scope="row" | Sacchettoni
|Round, similar to fagottini, but also may use ravioli stuffing. A small square of pasta brought around the stuffing and twisted. |Little sacks |Sacchetti, sacchetini depending on size | |
scope="row" | Tortelli
|Square sheet of pasta folded into a triangle or discus folded into half-circle, with both extremities subsequently joined to form a ring shape. About 30x35 mm in size. Sweet variations can be found (tortelli cremaschi).{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=260}} |Little pies{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=260}} |Cappellacci, turtello (Emilia-Romagna), tordelli (Tuscany), casonsei (Bergame and Brescia){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=260}} | |
scope="row" | Tortellini
|Ring-shaped, usually stuffed with a mixture of meat and cheese. About 25x20mm in size.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=262}} |Small tortelli{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=262}} |Agnoli, presuner or prigioneri (Capri){{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=262}} | |
scope="row" | Tortelloni
|Round or rectangular, similar to tortelli but larger (38x45mm). Stuffing usually does not include meat.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=266}} | | | |
scope="row" | Tufoli
| |A pasta shell large enough for stuffing{{cite book | last=Scott | first=J.D. | title=The Complete Book Of Pasta | publisher=Random House Publishing Group | year=1984 | isbn=978-0-553-23599-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEIyP1wwVGsC | access-date=3 January 2020 | page=21}} (as with meat or cheese). From a southern Italian dialect, plural of tufolo (tube), modification of Latin tubulus (tubule) |Large tube |Maniche, Gigantoni, Occhi di elefante, Elefante, Canneroni grandi, Occhi di bove | |
Gnocchi and gnocchetti
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scope="row" | Canederli
| |Small balls of dough. Usually made of bread crumbs, but sweet variants would have a potato base.{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=44}} |From the German Knödel{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=44}} |Gnocchi di pane, canedeli, knödel{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=44}} |Trentino-Alto Adige{{sfn|Hildebrand|Kenedy|2011|p=44}} |
scope="row" | Donderet
| |Elongated, narrow dumpling{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=98}} | |Dandolarini, strangolapreti piemontesi{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=98}} |Piedmont, more particularly Cuneo province and Valle Colla.{{sfn|Zanini De Vita|2009|page=98}} |
scope="row" | Gnocchi
|Various thick, small, and soft dough dumplings | May be derived from the Italian word nocchio, meaning a knot in wood,{{Cite web |title=gnocchi, n. |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/79506 |website=Oxford English Dictionary |access-date=2010-12-18 |archive-date=2015-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105132950/http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/79506 |url-status=live }} or from nocca, meaning knuckle |Gnocchetti, gnocchi alla romana, gnudi, malfatti, strangulaprievete, cavatelli, malloreddus |Various |
See also
{{Portal|Food|Lists}}
- Italian cuisine
- List of Italian dishes
- Ragù{{spaced ndash}} a meat-based sauce in Italian cuisine that is often served with pasta
- Semolina{{spaced ndash}} wheat middlings of durum wheat used in making pasta
- List of noodles
References
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= Sources =
- {{Cite book |title=Géométrie de la pasta |last1=Hildebrand |first1=Caz |publisher=Marabout |last2=Kenedy |first2=Jacob |translator-last1=Salsa |translator-first1=Patrice |year=2011 |isbn=9782501072441 |location=Paris |oclc=762599005}}
- {{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Pasta |last=Zanini De Vita |first=Oretta |date=2009 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpa00zani |url-access=registration |publisher=University of California Press |translator=Fant, Maureen B. |isbn=978-0-520-94471-8 |location=Berkeley, Calif. |oclc=558881171 }}
External links
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- [https://www.thecookingworld.com/lifestyle/types-of-pasta-the-21-most-commonly-used Types Of Pasta: The 21 Most Commonly Used]
- [https://www.nonnabox.com/types-of-pasta/ The Ultimate List Of Types of Pasta]. Nonnabox.com.
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