Search

Refers to pasta that is shaped like tiny letters. They are most often used in soups and are very popular with children.

A very tiny ball of pasta that is used mainly as soup pasta. If acini di pepe is unavailable, orzo may be substituted.

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.

Tiny rings of pasta. Anellini is a smaller version of anelli pasta. It is used in various soups and is also suitable for salads.

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.

An egg pasta variety that is shaped like small diamonds and is best used as a soup pasta. Pastina may be substituted if grattoni is unavailable.

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 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.

Small rings of pasta that are used in various soups and are also suitable for salads. A smaller version of the pasta is known as anellini.

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.

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

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.

A pasta variety that is shaped like a tiny conch shell. It is most suitable for soups and pasta salads.

Considered to be a type of pasta originating in North Africa during ancient times, Fregola is very small in size, similar to soup pastas, and is sometimes mistaken as a grain.

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.

Made as a water-based soup, this soup combines meat and pasta in a soothing chicken broth. Chicken Wonton Soup, or Chicken Won Ton as it may also be referred, is a soup that contains cooked chicken meat, thick dumpling-like pasta, celery, spinach or herbs, and flavorings that are added to a chicken stock.

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.