Use cavatappi in thick, chunky sauces with lots of meat or vegetables | Half-moons A large, penne shaped pasta that is stuffed |
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From mare, meaning "sea" Bowl or ear shaped pasta Little ears Larger versions of Smoking pipes Square with rippled edges From quadro "square" and fiore "flower" Shaped like radiators Radiator Short wide noodles with a 90-degree twist Little curls Short spiralled noodles Little curls Wagon wheel shaped pasta Little wheels 2-edged spiral, tightly wound | Little cloth bundles Semi-circular pockets; about 2 |
Little pies Round or rectangular, similar to ravioli | Find out the best ways to use different pasta shapes here |
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Many vendors and brands sold as fusilli are two-edged From the diminutive of Fuso Spindle , relating to the idea of a cylindrical rotating object |
Increasingly common in Asia and North America Small shell shaped pasta Little shells Small short tubes of pasta Little corals Small short tubes Thimbles Smaller versions of Little thimbles Small bow tie shaped pasta Little butterflies "bow tie" in Italian is cravata farfalla, "butterfly tie" Short, thin noodles Smaller version of , approx.
1The term tortelloni is also used for a larger variety of tortellini | A 'purse' or bundle of pasta, made from a round of dough gathered into a ball-shaped bundle, often stuffed with ricotta and fresh pear |
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From the Italian gnocco, meaning "a knot in wood" German egg pasta that is either round in shape or completely irregular, when hand made | Rolls of pasta with stuff inside |
Cavatappi are a grooved, spiral-shaped pasta.