Stuffed Pasta, Filled Pasta
Filled with meat, cheese, seafood, or vegetables, stuffed pasta (or filled pasta) are best coated with simple tomato or light, cream-based sauces. Stuffed pasta dough is often flavored and tinted with [more…]
Tubular Pasta (Call It Macaroni)
Italian pasta comes in two basic forms: macaroni (or tubular pasta) and spaghetti. Macaroni has distinctive shapes, hollows, and curves — all to capture the thick rich sauces they were designed for. [more…]
Miscellaneous Pasta Shapes
Some pasta shapes are unique: shells, butterflies, little ears . . . These shapes are miscellaneous pasta because they don’t fit into a broader category. Take a look at this grab bag of fun pasta shapes [more…]










