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Pasta made with wild rice flour. It is brown in color and has a nice nutty flavor. Wild rice pasta that is made with only wild rice flour would be gluten-free pasta.

Pasta made from corn flour, which is wheat and gluten free. Corn pasta is a product that can be used by consumers that have an intolerance to wheat products.

Pasta that has a shape resembling an ear, hence the name, meaning "little ear" in Italian. The pasta is about 3/4 of an inch wide and dome shaped, with the middle being thinner than the outer edges.

Pizzichi means "pinched pasta." This pasta is a short diagonally cut pasta with rippled edges. It is approximately 1 3/4 inches long and 3/4 inch wide.

Pasta that is made into a shape that appears similar to the base of a torch. This shape works well to scoop up and hold heavier chunky sauces.

A large round cooking pot that is used boil pasta noodles. This kitchen utensil is typically made of stainless steel in a variety of sizes from 8 quart to 12 quart for general home use and larger sizes for commercial use.

Pasta in the shape of a small cone with a ruffled edge. Also known as gigli.

Pasta shaped like six spoke cartwheels, which is also known as rotelle. They are used to add a decorative touch to soups, salads and other dishes.

Pasta shaped similar to a large grain of rice. It is excellent for use in salads.

Extremely thin, long strands of pasta, which are available in both strands and nests. It is most suitable for use with light sauces.

An Italian phrase meaning ''to the tooth,'' which is used to describe the correct degree of doneness for pasta.

A pasta product, typically made from pasta flours such as semolina, that has been blended into a dough, enriched with soy nutrients derived from processed soybeans, and produced in some form of a pasata noodle.

A pasta variety that is shaped like a curved shell with ridges on the outer surface. It is a smaller version of the dried gnocchi pasta.

Tube pasta that resembles penne pasta, only it is slightly thinner and longer. Reginelle has, at times, also been used in reference to a wide, flat, wavy edged ribbon pasta that is named reginette.

A small Italian pasta tube pasta with ends that are cut at an angle. They are available with a smooth or ridged surface.

A type of ravioli pasta that is prepared as a fried pasta instead of the more common boiled pasta. Often referred to as a pouch or pocket type of pasta due to being made larger in size so it can hold additional contents, Panzarotti is typically prepared for use in the Italian Neapolitan dish known as Frienno e Magnanno.

Small, solid beads of pasta. Pearl pasta is slightly larger than acini di pepe pasta. Also referred to as piombi pasta.

A pasta variety that is shaped like a butterfly or bow tie. It is often used in pasta dishes that are baked such as a casserole.

Flat, roughly cut pieces of pasta produced as random shapes from the scraps of pasta being cut and formed for another variety of pasta or pasta that is intentionally cut into a formed shape, similar to a trapezoid or a parallelogram.

Stuffed pasta that is small and round in shape or shaped like a half circle with an edging that has an embossed or ruffled appearance.