Short pasta
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GARGANELLI are made using an egg pasta dough and are a typical pasta of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. To give the garganelli their shape,…
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CAVATELLI originated in the southern regions of Italy like Molise and Puglia and are made using semolina flour, water and sometimes a drop of olive…
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CAVATAPPI, meaning ‘corkscrews’ in Italian, is a popular pasta shape that originated in the 1970s. Its corkscrew-like shape is believed to have been inspired by…
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CALAMARATA is a large wide ring of pasta that originated in Naples and is named after the calamari ring that it resembles. It is also…
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ANELLI, ANELLINI, ANELLONI are small flat-sided rings of pasta that you can fit on your finger. The word ‘anelli’ meaning ‘small rings’. Anelli Siciliani are…
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ZITI or ZITONI, originates from the regions of Campania and Sicily. It is a long tube pasta similar to bucatini but much wider. It is…
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PENNE meaning quill or pen, is similar to ziti. For penne the ends are cut on the diagonal, for ziti, they are straight cut. This…
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MACARONI is a short, curved, hollow pasta. The name comes from the word MACCHERONI, the plural of MACHHERONE. This was the name given to the…
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FUSILLI originated in southern Italy in the regions of Molise and Basilicata. Fusilli means ‘little spindles’. Although commonly extruded through bronze dies, when made by…
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FARFALLONI (large), FARFALLE (medium) or FARFALLINI (small), meaning ‘butterflies’, are also known as bow tie shaped pasta. The italian for bow tie is ‘cravatta a…