10 More types of pasta (last one)

1. Campanelle Flattened bell-shaped pasta with a frilly edge on one end (Little bells)

2. Conchiglie Seashell shaped (Shells)

3. Farfalle Bow tie or butterfly shaped (Butterflies)

4. Fiori Shaped like a flower (Little flowers)

5. Fusilli Three-edged spiral, usually in mixed colours. Many vendors and brands sold as fusilli are two-edged (From fusile, archaic/dialect form of fucile, meaning rifle. As the inside barrel of a gun is “rifled” using a similar screw-shaped device)

6. Gemelli A single S-shaped strand of pasta twisted in a loose spiral (Twins)

7. Gnocchi Round in shape and often made with flour plus potatoes (From the Italian gnocco, meaning “a knot in wood”)

8. Pipe Larger version of macaroni (Smoking pipes)

9. Rotelle Wagon wheel-shaped pasta (Little wheels, from ruota-wheel)

10. Spirali A tube which spirals round (Spirals)

[Also two stuffed sorts

Ravioli Square. About 3x3cm. Stuffed with cheese, ground meat, pureed vegetables, or mixtures thereof (Possibly from rapa, “turnip”)

Tortellini Ring-shaped. Stuffed with a mixture of meat and cheese]