Published 23:56 IST, October 16th 2019
Pasta's most popular forms and varieties from around the world
Pasta is one of the most loved Italian dishes in the world, and has more than 15 types. Read on to know the list of the most commonly found pasta in the world
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People all around world love pasta and consume m in variations. It is an Italian dish served with garlic bre or cheese bre. However, t many are aware that re are more than 15 kinds of pasta available. Here is a list of most popular kinds of pasta from around world.
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s of Pasta
Penne
Penne is most commonly found variety of pasta. Penne is a long pasta which is cylindrically shaped with ends cut at a bias. Penne is plural for Italian word Penna, meaning fear or quill. penne pasta was created to imitate fountain pen nibs.
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Macaroni
Macaroni is a dry pasta shaped like narrow tubes. It is me with durum wheat and generally cut in short lengths. Macaroni is derived from Italian word ‘Maccheroni’, which means straight, tubular, square-ended short pasta. Popularised from rth America, Mac and Cheese is one of most famous pasta dishes me from Macaroni.
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Lasagne
Lasagne are flat and wide in shape. Lasagna is probably oldest of pasta. Lasagna or Lasagne commonly refers to pasta dishes me up by stacking up layers of pasta with a variety of sauces and meats or vegetables in between. A lasagna casserole is prepared from baking cooked pasta stuffed with or ingredients; typically cut into single-serving portions.
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Ravioli
Ravioli are a of pasta me up with a filling enveloped in thin pasta dough. y originated as a tritional food in Italian cuisine and usually served with a sauce or broth. Ravioli are commonly square, though or shapes are also used. most frequently found variations of ravioli are circular or semi-circular.
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Spaghetti
Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical pasta. It has a thicker variation kwn as spaghettoni and a thinner variation capellini. It is one of staple foods in Italian cuisine. Auntic spaghetti is me from durum wheat or semolina.
Fusilli
Fusilli is ar very commonly found of pasta, me into a corkscrew or helical shapes. word fusilli presumably comes from word Fuso which means ‘spindle.’ Fusilli is from a combination of whole wheat and or ingredients. term is also used to describe ar of pasta kwn as Rotini in USA.
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22:55 IST, October 16th 2019