types of pasta - Glossary Search
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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 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.
A type of pasta made by artisans in southern Italy that have a long heritage of producing unique and high quality pastas.
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.
A type of pasta that is shaped like thin tubular pieces of pasta that are approximately 1/4-inch in diameter and available in long or cut lengths.
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 type of pasta that may be made as a large dried tube or as a flat sheet of pasta that will be filled with ingredients and rolled into a tube shape.
A pasta variety that is shaped like a tiny conch shell. It is most suitable for soups and pasta salads.
A popular and common food made from a paste-type dough consisting of durum wheat flour, salt, and a liquid that may be in the form of water, milk or eggs.
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.
Any type of pasta that has been enhanced with the chemical substance extracted from the ocean squid so it becomes very black in color.
A type of pasta product made with quinoa flour, which is a type of flour ground from the seeds of the quinoa plant: a plant cultivated mainly in South America as a major grain-like crop.
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.
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.
Wide pasta noodles approximately 2 inches in length that have been slightly twisted to provide a shape similar to a ruffled strand of ribbon.
A type of pasta that is made with whole-wheat flour instead of the commonly used semolina, which is hard-wheat flour.
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