Types of Pasta to Enjoy

I have always been inlove with pasta dishes. When I was so much younger than I am right now, I thought that pasta is just spaghetti. My curiosity and love for food lead me to something more than just eating. It is knowing what you cook and cooking it with passion at the same time enjoying the taste.

Pasta is unleavened dough, made of wheat flour, water, and sometimes eggs, that is molded into any of a variety of shapes and boiled. Spaghetti is the classic dried pasta shape and its name is synonymous with pasta itself in many parts of the world. But it is not the only type of pasta that you can enjoy. There are long pasta shapes, such as linguine or reginette, are flattened, while others, like fusilli lunghi are spiralled or curved. Some broader types, such as reginette, have fluted or scalloped edges. Long pasta generally works well with smooth, olive oil based sauces that can be twirled around a fork. These pastas are made in varying widths, from the thinnest angel hair to the plumpest bucatini.

These are but some long types from a large lists of pasta that you can find.

Ziti
Fettuccelle
Linguine
lasagna
Fusilli lunghi
Mafaldine
Reginette
Bucatini
Cappellini
Spaghetti
Spaghettini
Spinach Spaghetti
Whole-wheat (wholemeal) spaghettie
Tomato spaghetti


other types:
elbow macaroni
manicotti
farfalle (butterflies/bow tie)
rotini (twists)
conchiglie (shells)
ruote (cart wheels)
cannelloni

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