Pasta Identification
This type of ribbon pasta is similar to spaghetti, but are flat, wide noodles.
What is Fettuccini?
Machine processed pasta pushed through a die.
What is Extrusion?
Italian gnocchi, Jewish matzo balls, German spaetzle, Polish pierogi, and Chinese wontons are all international examples of this type of pasta.
What are Dumplings?
This is a small, rice shaped noodle.
What is Orzo?
When pasta is cooked to the tooth, just enough bite without being hard, or mushy.
What is Al Dente?
This Asian noodle is made from rice flour. It is made of very fine strands and can be fried in hot oil without soaking.
What is Rice Vermicelli?
This tube pasta is often used for a cheesy dish. When Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap, he called it what?
What is Macaroni?
This is a large flat sheet of pasta, from which other pastas can be cut or shape.
What is a Sfoglia?
A massively popular variety of egg noodle that hails from Japan. These noodles are treated with an alkaline ingredient called kansui, which causes them to take on a curly shape.
What is Ramen?
This pasta is cork screw shaped.
What is Fusilli?
What is Shaped Pasta?
From Northern Italy, the name for these short twists translates as ‘priest strangler’ – inspired by the legend that greedy priests would eat the pasta given to them by locals, so quickly that they might choke on it.
What is Strozzapreti?
This Japanese noodle is made from buckwheat flour.
What are Soba Noodles?
In Italy, pasta is commonly referred to as ____.
What is Primo Piatto?
Meaning "little ears" this pasta is popular in Southern Italy.
What is Oricchiette?