There are many different varieties of

pasta Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an Leavening agent, unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or Eggs as food, eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Pasta was originally on ...

. They are usually sorted by size, being long (), short (), stuffed (), cooked in broth (), stretched () or in dumpling-like form (). Yet, due to the variety of shapes and regional variants, "one man's can be another's ". Some pasta varieties are uniquely regional and not widely known; many types have different names based on region or language. For example, the cut

rotelle ''Rotelle'' is a type of pasta resembling wheels with spokes. They are similar to '' fiori''. The name derives from the Italian word for a small wheel. In Italy they are also called ''ruote'', and in the US they are often called "wagon wheel ...

is also called in Italy and 'wagon wheels' in the United States. Manufacturers and cooks often invent new shapes of pasta, or may rename pre-existing shapes for marketing reasons.

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pasta names often end with the

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plural In many languages, a plural (sometimes list of glossing abbreviations, abbreviated as pl., pl, , or ), is one of the values of the grammatical number, grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun typically denotes a quantity greater than ...

diminutive A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...

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es or the feminine plurals , etc., all conveying the sense of ; or with the

augmentative An augmentative (abbreviated ) is a morphological form of a word which expresses greater intensity, often in size but also in other attributes. It is the opposite of a diminutive. Overaugmenting something often makes it grotesque and so in so ...

suffixes , meaning . Other suffixes like , and , may also occur. In Italian, all pasta type names are plural, except lasagna.

Long- and medium-length pasta

Long pasta may be made by

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or rolling and cutting.

Short-cut pasta

Short-cut pasta () are mostly made by extrusion.

Stretched pasta

are mostly hand-made disks of pasta dragged () across a wooden board. are a typical example.

Soup pasta

These are small types of pasta, mainly used in soups, many of which belong to the () family.

Filled pasta

The name (plural ) can be used as a generic description for almost any type of filled pasta.

Gnocchi and gnocchetti

References

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External links

Types Of Pasta: The 21 Most Commonly Used

The Ultimate List Of Types of Pasta
Nonnabox.com. {{Pasta

Pasta Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an Leavening agent, unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or Eggs as food, eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Pasta was originally on ...

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