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]

10 Types of pasta (ribbons)

1. Bavette Narrower version of tagliatelle (Little thread)
2. Fettuccine Ribbon of pasta approximately 6.5 millimetres wide (Little ribbons)
3. Lasagne Very wide noodles that often have fluted edges (Cooking pot, s Lasagana pl Lasagne)
4. Linguine Flattened spaghetti (Little tongues)
5. Mafalde Short rectangular ribbons
6. Mafaldine Long ribbons with ruffled sides
7. Pappardelle Thick flat ribbon
8. Reginette Wide ribbon with rippled edges (Little queens)
9. Stringozzi Similar to shoelaces (From stringhe, meaning shoestrings)
10. Tagliatelle Ribbon fairly thinner than fettucine (From “tagliare” – to cut)

10 Types of pasta (tubes)

1. Bucatini Hollow spaghetti (Little holes)

2. Calamarata Wide ring shaped pasta (Squid, also known as “calamari”)

3. Cavatappi Corkscrew-shaped macaroni (Corkscrews; also known as Cellentani and Spirali)

4. Ditalini Short tubes, like elbows but shorter and without a bend (Small fingers)

5. Maccheroni As long as a little finger, usually striped 

6. Maccheroncelli Hollow pencil-shaped pasta

7. Maltagliati Short wide pasta with diagonally cut ends (Roughly cut)

8. Manicotti Large ridged tubes that are stuffed (Sleeves, from the Italian word manica)

9. Penne Medium length tubes with ridges, cut diagonally at both ends (Literally “pens” because the tip is similar to that of a quill or fountain pen)

10. Rigatoni Large and slightly curved tube (From riga, meaning line. pasta with lines (large) Rigato or rigate, when added to another pasta name means lined, or, with ridges added, eg “spaghetti rigati”

10 Types of pasta (strands)

These are all strand type pastas

1. Spaghetti - the most common round-rod pasta (Spago means twine, spaghetto means little twine, spaghetti is plural)

2. Fedelini Between spaghetti and vermicelli in size (Little faithful ones)

3. Vermicelli Thicker than capellini, thinner than fedelini (Little worms)

4. Capellini Thinner than vermicelli, thicker than angel hair (Fine hair)

5. Capellini d'angelo Thinnest round-rod pasta (Angel hair)

6. Barbina Thin strands often coiled into nests (Little beards)

7. Spaghetti alla Chitarra Similar to spaghetti, except square rather than round, and made of egg in addition to flour (Named after the device used to cut the pasta, which has a wooden frame strung with metal wires. Sheets of pasta are pressed down onto the device, and then the wires are “strummed” so that the slivers of pasta fall through)

8. Ciriole Thicker version of chitarra

9. Fusilli Lunghi Very long coiled rods (like a thin telephone cord) (Long rifles)

10. Spaghettoni Thick spaghetti