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Pasta
The Italian word Pasta has many meanings,
including "pastry", "dough", "pastry" as in
"small cake", or "paste". In English, the word is generally
understood to mean certain types of noodles that are produced from the paste of
ground grains mixed with water, and often egg and salt.
Wheat noodles are by far the most common noodles in Asia
(c.f., Chinese
noodles and the Japanese
udon
and somen)
and Europe
(c.f., spaghetti),
while rice noodles tend to be rare outside of Asia. In English-speaking
countries, Italian
noodles are the kind most often referred to as "pasta". In Italy,
pasta with sauce (sugo) is often called "pastasciutta"
("asciutta" means "dry," indicating that the pasta is not
served in broth).
While it is often said that Marco
Polo brought the concept back with him from China
(from where should come spaghetti), the first pastas that we know about in
Europe were on Etruscan
tombs from the 4th
century BC. Records show that pasta existed in Italy long before Polo's
voyages.
Thomas
Jefferson is credited with bringing the first macaroni
machine to America in 1789
when he returned home after serving as ambassador
to France.
Common pasta sauces include pesto,
spaghetti
sauce, and alfredo.
See the Wikipedia
Cookbook for specific recipes and the Cooking
topic for a more general overview of food.
see also How
to cook pasta, Wikipedia
Cookbook
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1 Pasta varieties
1.1 Shaped Pasta:
1.2 Tubular Pasta:
1.3 Strand Noodles:
1.4 Ribbon Pasta
Noodles:
1.5 Soup Pasta:
1.6 Stuffed Pasta:
1.7 Asian Noodles:
1.8 Commercial Pasta:
2 External link
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Pasta varieties
Shaped Pasta:
- Campanelle
- small cones
- Casarecci
- short lengths rolled into an 'S'
- Cavatelli
- sea shell shaped with rolled edges
- Conchiglie
- sea shell shaped
- Conchiglioni
- large stuffable sea shells shapes
- Creste
di galli - short curved and ruffled
- Farfalle
- bow tie or butterfly shaped
- Farfallone
- larger bow ties
- Fiori
- shaped like a snowflake
- Fusilli
- short lengths of twisted pasta
- Fusilli
Bucati - a more spring shaped variety
- Gemelli
- two short stands of pasta twisted together
- Gigli
- cone or flower shaped
- Gnocchetti
- smaller version of Gnocchi
- Gnocchi
- potato pasta
- Gramigna
- short curled lengths of pasta
- Lumache
- snail shaped
- Lumaconi
- jumbo Lumache
- Maltagliati
- flat roughly cut triangles
- Orecchiette
- bowl or ear shaped pasta
- Pipe
- larger versions of macaroni
- Quadrefiore
- square with rippled edges
- Radiatori
- shaped like radiators
- Ricciolini
- short wide noddles with a 90 degree twist
- Rotelle
- wagon wheel shaped pasta
- Rotini
- pasta twisted into a spiral
- Spiralini
- more tightly coiled fusilli
- Strozzapreti
- rolled across their width
- Torchio
- torch shaped
- Trofie
- thin twisted pasta
Tubular Pasta:
- Bucatini
- hollow spaghetti
- Calamarata
- wide ring shaped pasta
- Calamaretti
- smaller Calamarata
- Cannelloni
- large stuffable tubes
- Cavatappi
- 'S' shaped macaroni
- Cellentani
- corkscrew shaped tube
- Chifferi
- short and wide macaroni
- Elbow
macaroni - most common type of pasta
- Elicoidali
- slightly ribbed tube pasta
- Fagioloni
- short narrow tube
- Garganelli
- square egg noodle rolled into a tube
- Gomiti
- wide 'C' shaped pasta
- Macaroni
- any narrow tube pasta
- Maccheroni
- longer macaroni
- Maccheroncelli
- hollow pencil shaped pasta
- Maltagliati
- short wide pasta with diagonally cut ends
- Manicotti
- large stuffable ridged tubes
- Mezzani
- short curved tube
- Mezze
Penne - shot version of penne
- Mezzi
Bombardoni - wide short tubes
- Mezzi
Paccheri - shorter version of paccheri
- Mostaccioli
- longer version of penne
- Paccheri
- large tube
- Pasta
al ceppo - shaped like a cinnamon stick
- Penne
- medium length tubes with diagonally cut ends
- Penne
rigate - penne with ridged sides
- Penne
Zita - wider version of penne
- Pennette
- short thin version of penne
- Pennoni
- wider version of penne
- Perciatelli
- thicker Bucatini
- Rigatoncini
- smaller version of rigatoni
- Rigatoni
- large and slightly curved tube
- Sagne
Incannulate - long tube formed of twisted ribbon
- Trenne
- penne shaped as a triangle
- Trennette
- smaller version of trenne
- Tortiglioni
- narrower rigatoni
- Tuffoli
- ridged rigatoni
- Ziti
- long narrow hose like tubes
- Zitoni
- wider version of Ziti
Strand Noodles:
- Angel
Hair - very thin strands
- Barbina
- thin strands often coiled into nests
- Bigoli
- a whole wheat version of spaghetti
- Capellini
- even thinner than angel hair
- Chitarra
- similar to spaghetti, except square rather than round
- Ciriole
- thicker version of Chitarra
- Fedelini
- somewhat thicker than vermicelli
- Fusilli
lunghi - very long fusilli
- Spaghetti
- most common type of noodle
- Spaghettini
- slightly thinner than spaghetti
- Spaghettoni
- slightly thicker than spaghetti
- Vermicelli
- somewhat thinner than spaghetti
- Vermicelloni
- slightly thicker than vermicelli
Ribbon Pasta Noodles:
- Bavette
- narrower version of tagliatelle
- Bavettine
- narrower version of bavette
- Fettuce
- wider version of fettuccine
- Fettuccine
- ribbon of pasta approximately one centimeter wide
- Fettucelle
- narrower version of fettucine
- Lasagna
- very wide noodles that often have ridged sides
- Lasagnette
- narrower version of lasagna
- Lasagnotte
- longer version of lasagna
- Linguettine
- narrower version of linguine
- Linguine
- flattened oval shaped spaghetti
- Mafalde
- short rectangular ribbons
- Mafaldine
- long ribbons with ruffled sides
- Pappardelle
- thick flat ribbon
- Pillus
- very thin ribbons
- Pizzoccheri
- ribbon pasta made from buckwheat
- Reginette
wide ribbon with rippled edges
- Sagnarelli
- rectangular ribbons with fluted edges
- Stringozzi
- similar to shoelaces
- Tagliatelle
- ribbon fairly thinner than fettuccine
- Taglierini
- thinner version of Tagliatelle
- Trenette
- thin ribbon ridged on one side
- Tripoline
- thick ribbon ridged on one side
Soup Pasta:
- Acini
di pepe - small spheres of pasta
- Alphabets
- pasta shaped as letters of the alphabet
- Anelli
- small rings of pasta
- Anellini
- smaller version of anelli
- Chilopitta
- a squared-shaped pasta
- Conchigliette
- small shell shaped pasta
- Corallini
- small short tubes of pasta
- Couscous
- the smallest of all pasta varieties
- Ditali
- small short tubes
- Ditalini
- smaller versions of ditali
- Farfalline
- small bow tie shaped pasta
- Fideos
- short thin noodles
- Filini
- smaller version of fideos
- Funghini
- small mushroom shaped pasta
- Occhi
di pernice - very small rings of pasta
- Orzo
- small rice shaped pasta
- Pearl
Pasta - spheres slightly larger than acini di pepe
- Quadrettini
- small flat squares of pasta
- Risi
- smaller version of orzo
- Seme
di melone - small seed shaped pasta
- Stelle
- small star shaped pasta
- Stelline
- smaller version of stelle
- Stortini
- smaller version of elbow macaroni
- Trachana
- star-shaped pasta
- Tubetti
- longer version of ditali
- Tubettini
- smaller version tubetti
Stuffed Pasta:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta
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