Food - Do You Know Your Pasta?

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Have you ever noticed that when you go to an Italian restaurant, or even eat your favorite supermarket, is the almost unlimited choice of pasta? There are all kinds of different sizes and shapes of pasta, you can imagine. Indeed, sometimes it can be overwhelming trying to understand everything. What are all these different types of pasta? How can you determine what is what? Let's take a closer look at the different types of pasta and how they are used for.

Spaghetti. That is easy. This is a food that we all know and love. Spaghetti comes in a box or bag, in long, thin wires. They cook in boiling water and mix your favorite spaghetti sauce recipe.

Ravioli. Here's another very easy for everyone. It is a small dumplings, noodles square, which is filled with various fillings, such as meat, cheese, mushrooms, sausage, ravioli, etc. can be topped with tomato sauce and can also only be roasted.

> Macaroni. A favorite of all time! Macaroni is a small, hollow tube pasta. It is mainly used in cooking macaroni and cheese.

Cannelloni. Cannelloni pasta is also a hollow tube, but is much larger than macaroni. Cannelloni with sauce of various mixtures of meat and cheeses in center will be completed.

Linguine and fettuccine. The noodles are white, such as pasta because they are long, stringy and flat. Theyit may in many different lengths. These noodles are a delicious food with creamy sauces like Alfredo sauce mix them.

Tortellini. Tortellini is another type of filled pasta. They come in half-circle pieces that are folded up and stuffed with meat, cheese, sausage and other ingredients. You can pour the sauce over the top favorite of this delicious meal.

Vermicelli. Vermicelli is very nice, thin line of paste. It 'also known as "Angel Hair" pasta known.Can be used with a creamy sauce of your choice, or with other products, such as crabs, shrimps o. Many times vermicelli formed together to form a sort of nest that the prawns or shrimp to keep up on it.

Conghiglie. These noodles are shaped like small shells. There are many different forms of conghiglie. From small pasta shells, suitable for use in soups, for the larger sizes that can be filled. This type of pasta is a food popular in pasta salads.

Butterflies. Butterflies isPaste that forms a bow and used primarily in various pasta salads.

Fusilli. Fusilli is a spiral thin pasta in the shape of what is good in pasta salads. It is also good with different types of sauces.

Lasagne. Lasagna is perhaps the best of all the different pastas. These are long, wide strips of pasta that are layered with a filling between them. These are stuffed with meat, sausage, cheese, mushrooms and everything you can imagine. More cheese and stackedthen baked in the oven.

The list should help the next time you see a paste that are not familiar with. No matter what shape or size, is a paste populate the list of all the great tasting!