Pasta vocab
Before boiling your pasta you add this to the water.
What is salt?
This is a very thin pasta, it is similar to spaghetti. Its used to make scampi.
What is angel hair?
This dish uses elbow macaroni and a variety of cheeses.
What is Macaroni & Cheese?
This sauce is made from tomatoes, garlic, and olive oil. Its usually paired with spaghetti noodles.
What is marinara?
This country is considered the birthplace of pasta.
What is Italy?
Italian expression meaning “to the tooth”.
What is Al Dente?
This long, thin pasta is often served with a rich, creamy sauce like Alfredo.
What is Fettuccine?
This dish combines angel hair pasta, garlic and oil sauce. Shrimp is also used.
What is Scampi/ shrimp scampi?
A rich, creamy sauce made with heavy cream, butter, and Parmesan cheese.
What is Alfredo?
This is a flour that is used to make top-quality pasta.
What is Durum Wheat?
This is the flour traditionally used for fresh pasta.
What is 00 flour?
This is a dry pasta that has a bowtie shape.
What is Farfalle?
This dish uses long noodles, a red sauce, ground meat, and sometimes sausages.
What is Spaghetti?
This is a deeply browned meat sauce. It has tomato paste, carrots, celery, onion, and garlic. This is a thick, not chunky sauce.
What is Bolognese.
A type of Chinese dumpling made with a fresh pasta wrapper. Usually served as an appetizer or with soup.
What are Wontons?
This is the term for pushing pasta dough through a pasta machine.
What is Extruding?
This is a long, thin, solid pasta. This is the most common. Usually served with Marinara sauce.
What is Spaghetti?
This dish uses different shapes of a stuffed pasta that have a filling of ingredients like cheese, meats and vegetables. This dish can be served with a red sauce or other sauces.
What is Ravioli?
This is a simple sauce using fatty cured pork, cheese, eggs, salt, and black pepper.
What is Carbonara?
This country has been eating pasta since as early as 5,000 B.C.
What is China
What is it called when you bake pasta after cooking it. This technique usually results in crispy edges and melty cheese.
What is au gratin?
This a type of pasta in the shape of a wheel.
What is Ruote/ rotelle?
Its a casserole that uses thin, long, sheet noodles. It has a filling of ricotta cheese, meat, sauce and is topped with more cheese.
What is lasagna?
This is a green sauce made with fresh basil leaves and pine nuts.
What is Pesto?
This president is credited with introducing macaroni to the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?