Fettuccine or Spaghetti?

It'll be a lot easier if you only have to choose between these two types of pasta..But do you know that there are hundred types of pasta today? More that 600 pasta shapes worldwide!!! It is said that new ones are made in Italy annually. Cool huh?

I had my Iftar with my friends at UNO last Friday. I was asked to choose between Fettuccine & Spaghetti...
That question gave me the idea to write about this post.Oh well actually i wanted to write about types of pasta few months ago..tapi cam x semangat plak...deswaiiii...

Here are some of the well-known Tipi di Pasta...


Spaghetti : It's one of the oldest and the most popular type of pasta today..This long, thin,
                   round strands of  pasta is delicious to be eaten with bolognese sauce.

Fettuccine : Derived from fettucce (string) has a flat shape and wide.It can be green, black

                    or yellow depending on the ingredients used.

Farfalle : The name means butterfly in Italian so does it's shape.There are some serrations

                present on each side. This is ideal for main courses like salad and is served with 

                creamy sauce.

Vermicelli : It is a short, round, thin pasta strands - thinner form of spaghetti. It can be 

                    served with meat and seafood.

Conchiglioni : Seashell-shaped pasta. It is perfect for salads, soups, delicious cream or

                        sumptuous tomato sauces as the shape is good for catching dribbly sauces.

Fusilli : It has a shape like spiral. It can be cooked with cream tomato sauce and peas.

             It is great for catching cream and vegetable sauces

Cannelloni : It has a shape like a pipe. One can cook it with meat and cheese.

Linguine : Narrow, long flat pasta that means little tongues in Italian. 

Macaroni : This is very popular like spaghetti. It has curve pipe shape and can be 

                     cooked for baked dishes and for soups

Lasagne : Lasagna is one sheet of flat pasta whereas lasagne refers to several such

                 sheets.They are ripple-edged strips, about 2-1/4-inches wide and 10-inches long.

Spätzle : Derived from a German word, spaetzle are very small noodles (or dumplings)

               that are rolled or squeezed through a colander. 

Tortellini : A small stuffed pasta that looks like little hats. It is usually stuffed with a mixture

                  of cheese, meat and vegetables

Campanelle : Flattened bell-shaped pasta with a frilly edge on one end

Penne rigate : Diagonally cut, tubular-shaped pasta with ridged surface

Caccavelle : This big boy pasta is currently the world's largest pasta shape. One 

                      caccavella' measures approximately 11cm across at its widest point.

Ravioli : Arguably the most well-known type of stuffed pasta, ravioli (plural) are

                usually square with slightly ruffled edges.They are normally filled with 

                meat or spinach.

Iftar at Pizza Uno, Taipan

From Left : Tyn, Nabil, Marlisa and Iz

Tambah Aida lagi sorung..hee

 

 Till the next post...

Tschüss und mach's gut!!!