Pasta Shapes
- Cresti-di-gali: Looks like a rooster's comb
- Cannelloni: Hollow tubes up to 2 inches long
- Ditalini: Small thimble shapes
- Farfalle: Shaped like a bowtie. The word means butterfly in Italian.
- Funghini: These pasta are related to the mushroom family and used in soups and stews
- Fusilli bucati: Corkscrew shaped pasta
- Lumache: Pasta shaped like a snails shell
- Macaroni: Curved pasta, comes in many sizes with a hollow center
- Occhi-di-lupo: Very large tubes of pasta sometimes referred to as wolfs eyes
- Orcchiette: Pasta shaped like ears
- Pulcini: used mainly in soups and called little chickens
- Ravioli: Small squares of pasta stuffed with different ingredients
- Riccini: Pasta shaped like ringlet curls
- Ruoti: Round pasta with spokes, looks like a wagon wheel
- Tortellini: Pasta that is supposed to resemble the Roman Goddess Venus' navel
- Vermicelli: Italian word for worms, which they resemble. Also known as spaghetti
- Ziti: Very short tubular shaped pasta
See also:
Healthy Pasta Recipes
Perfect Pasta
Pasta Power Q and A
