The staple food of Italian cuisine, pasta is a world favorite. Whether you’re in Europe, or Asia – you’ll find pasta lovers everywhere. Here are some types of pasta – and check out how you can use these varieties to create delectable pasta dishes for you and your family!

1. 5 Most Popular Types of Pasta
& Dishes That Love Pasta The Most

2. The staple food of Italian cuisine, pasta is a
world favorite. Whether you’re in Europe, or
Asia – you’ll find pasta lovers everywhere.
The variety of pasta available
today is not only visually exciting
but also opens up for you
hundreds of ways to create
delicious pasta dishes in your very
own kitchen!

3. Here are some types of pasta – and
check out how you can use these varieties
to create delectable pasta dishes for you
and your family!

4. FETTUCCINE

5. This is one of the most famous pasta types and
is mostly used in thick and creamy pasta dishes.
Fettuccine Alfredo is the most popular dish that
uses this kind of pasta. Fettuccine pasta is tossed
in a white sauce made from cheese, butter,
flour, milk, salt and pepper.

6. This pasta got so much love, that February 7 is
celebrated as National Fettuccine Alfredo Day!

7. PENNE

8. Penne (pen-nay) is best used in pasta salads and
is eaten mostly tossed in marinara or pesto
sauce.
The hollow center of the pasta holds some extra
sauce, so it’s even more delicious to have it that
way, unlike fettucine that is in the shape of wide
flat strips.

9. Penne Arrabbiata is one of the most popular
dishes made with penne pasta. In Italian
Arrabbiata means “angry”. The name of the
dish is so because the heat of the sauce; it’s
made with red chili peppers, garlic, and
tomatoes cooked in olive oil.

10. MACARONI

11. Macaroni is best with meatballs, marinara sauce,
Bolognese, or just plain cheese!
Mac and Cheese is America’s most popular
macaroni and cheese recipe and remains an all-
time favorite comfort food.
It’s also called elbow macaroni because it’s
curved like an elbow.

12. This dish is so popular that a crayon company
Crayola, named a color “Macaroni & Cheese”

13. FARFELLE

14. Farfalle, meaning “butterflies” in Italian, are
mostly used in salads and soups.
Farfalle are also used in pasta dishes that are
cheesy and have thick tomato sauce as the pasta
are small in size. The sauce sticks well to them.
They’re also called bow ties due to the unique
shape of the pasta; the pasta has ridged edges
and are squeezed form the center.

15. SPAGHETTI

16. Spaghetti is a thin cylindrical shaped pasta; a
great favorite and can be taken with veggies,
seafood and meat.
Spaghetti Bolognese is a very celebrated dish;
made from spaghetti and a meat based sauce.
The name of the dish is after Bolognese, a place
in Italy that makes the best meat-based sauce
called ragu.

17. Many people take noodles and spaghetti are the
same – but they’re not. Spaghetti is thicker and
heavier, while noodles are lighter. Also,
Spaghetti originates from Italy while noodles
have their roots in China.

18. Pasta is such diverse food, that you can have it
with
veggies, meatballs, seafood, or just with tens of
different
kinds of sauces. Today, there are over 600
types of
pasta. So, it will take you nearly 2 long years
to try a
new one every day! Wow!

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