Types Of Pasta

Pasta is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking.

Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, are sometimes used in place of wheat flour to yield a different taste and texture, or as a gluten-free alternative. Pasta is a staple food of Italian cuisine.


Where did Pasta come from?

The term “Pasta” is uniquely Italian, but pasta probably didn’t originate in Italy. It likely came in the form of noodles from somewhere in Asia brought by traders many centuries ago.

Some sources credit Marco Polo with bringing pasta back from China, but this is likely centuries too late as trade routes between Asia and Europe predated him.

Now, what happened with those noodles once they got to Italy is another story.

The many types of Italian pasta we know today are due largely to the ingenuity of the Italians.

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How is Pasta Made?

Pasta is normally made with flour, eggs, and water though the egg is omitted in many pasta types, and other ingredients such as rice flour or legumes are occasionally used.

The most common flour used is semolina, a coarse flour produced from durum wheat.

There are two ways to turn the dough into pasta:

1. The first way of making pasta is rolling and cutting. This is pretty self explanatory as the dough is rolled flat and cut.
2. The second way of making pasta is extruding. With extruding the soft dough is forced through a die that produces the desired shape.

Types Of Pasta

There are almost over 300 types of pasta and easily 1,200 pasta names, as so many have an Italian name and one or more regional names.

Italian pasta names generally end in “ini, elli, illi, etti, ine, and elle which all denote “small”.


Here are 51 common types of pasta:

1.  Alphabet Pasta
2.  Angle Hair
3.  Bucatini
4.  Campanelle
5.  Cannelloni
6.  Cappalletti
7.  Caramelle
8.  Casarecce
9.  Cascatelli
10.  Cavatappi
11.  Cavatelli
12.  Conchiglie
13.  Ditalini
14.  Egg Noodles
15.  Elbows
16.  Farfalle
17.  Faux Pasta (Vegetable Noodles)
18.  Fettuccine
19.  Fileja
20.  Fiori
21.  Fusilli
22.  Garganelli
23.  Gemelli
24.  Gnocchi
25.  Jumbo Shells
26.  Lasagna
27.  Linguine
28.  Macaroni
29.  Mafaldine
30.  Manicotti
31.  Mezzelune
32.  Orecchiette
33.  Orzo
34.  Paccheri
35.  Pappardelle
36.  Passatelli
37.  Pastina
38.  Penne
39.  Pici
40.  Radiatori
41.  Ravioli
42.  Rigatoni
43.  Rotelle
44.  Rotini
45.  Stelle
46.  Spaghetti
47.  Tagliatelle
48.  Testaroli
49.  Tortellini
50.  Vermicelli
51.  Ziti

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