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What is Pasta?
Le dish originally from Italy consisting of dough made from durum wheat and water, extruded or stamped into various shapes and typically cooked in boiling water.
History of Pasta
While we do think of pasta as a culturally Italian food, it is likely the descendent of ancient Asian noodles. A common belief about pasta is that it was brought to Italy from China by Marco Polo during the 13th century.
Pasta's
Bigoli
Thick tubes, often made of buckwheat or wholewheat flour
Bucatini
A thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center.
Capellini
The thinnest type of long pasta
Fusilli bucati
Long coiled tubes that are hollow. Also called fusili col buco
Perciatelli
Identical to bucatini.
Pici
Very thick, long, hand rolled pasta. It originates in the province of Siena in Tuscany; in the Montalcino area it is also referred to as pinci.
Fusilli
Long, thick, corkscrew shaped pasta that may be solid or hollow. Hollow fusilli are also called fusilli bucati. Pictured is fusilli in a pesto sauce.
Spaghettini
Thin spaghetti
Spaghetti
A long, thin, cylindrical pasta of Italian origin. Spaghetti is made of semolina or flour and water.
Spaghettoni
Cool stuff to Know
A pasta cooking method
A pasta dough making method
What al dente acually means
food typically pasta cooked so as to be still firm when bitten.