fettuccineįettuccine is pasta cut into flat and narrow strips-and indeed, the word fettuccine comes from fetta, which means “slice” or “ribbon” in Italian. Explore some other plural words we seldom hear in their singular form. We hear spaghetti in the plural so often that the singular spaghetto just sounds wrong. If you’re talking about one strand, the singular version is spaghetto. Spaghetti comes from the Italian word spago, which means “thin rope.” Fun fact: spaghetti is the plural form. You might even use spaghetti as shorthand for all Italian pasta shapes, but it actually refers to only one type: white, starchy pasta that’s in long strings and served with any variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces. There’s a good chance you know spaghetti through and through if you’re even the slightest bit familiar with Italian pasta. This type of pasta dates back to the 1500s in the northern Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardia. Farfalle translates to “butterflies” in Italian, which is tied to the shape rather than any fancy colors. The word in Italian has nothing to do with fancy wear, however. The bow tie-wearing shape of the pasta world, farfalle is a rectangle with a pinched middle and zigzag edges. Now let’s take a look at the more traditional pasta shapes you’re likely to see at your table. Its availability was very limited in the US, but Sfoglini plans to distribute it more widely now. The new shape vesuvio, meant to resemble a volcano, takes its name from Mount Vesuvius and looks something like a twirling ribbon that is unraveling at one end. In Italy, the shape is known as cinque buchi (“five holes”). It resembles four small tubes joined together as a square. Quattrotini is a new Sfoglini pasta developed by Pashman and based on a unique shape served only once a year in a small region in Sicily. After the viral success of cascatelli, Pashman teamed up with Sfoglini again to bring two other specialty shapes to the market: quattrotini and vesuvio. The goal for creating cascatelli was to produce a noodle that holds as much sauce as possible, is easy to pick up with a fork, and has a satisfying bite. The pasta, which took three years to develop in collaboration with the pasta company Sfoglini, has a half tube in the middle, features ruffles on both edges, and is somewhat like the shape of a caterpillar that’s half curled up. The name -coined specially for the new shape- means “waterfalls” in Italian (properly cascatelle ). You’ll learn which pastas are named after butterflies and which take after thin ropes, and the next time someone refers to farfalle as “the bow tie pasta” (the nerve!), you can get a little saucy! cascatelliĬascatelli was created by Dan Pashman, a James Beard Award winner and the host of The Sporkful podcast. So grab your fork and take a bite out of what these pasta names really mean. Think you know it all? We’ll go beyond spaghetti and penne and even serve up three new shapes: cascatelli, quattrotini, and vesuvio. Each noodle shape has a name that might seem random if you’re not caught up on your Italian, but with a little help on the translation, it will all start to make more sense. We guarantee superior texture and taste.The world of pasta is filled with endless pastabilities thanks to a vast variety of shapes and sizes. We stay away from artificial flavours or colours and primarily work in an egg-free and nut-free plant.
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Over the years, we’ve expanded into other specialty pasta lines like our certified organic and vegan Pasta and Mac ‘n Cheese for Kids! We wanted our pasta to be like no other, so ensured to create high quality, kosher, high protein pasta. And we fill our Italian pasta making machines with only the finest ingredients available – whether it’s 100% durum semolina, Organic flours including ancient grains, all-natural vegetable powders, or herbs.įor our Fun Pasta, we use hand-crafted bronze dies to create the world’s largest selection of fun shapes… with more than 250 different shapes! From dinosaurs to Christmas trees to princess crowns, we’ve got a shape for everyone. Like the Italians, we manufacture in small batches – no mass production. Our plant is designed similarly to the “boutique” manufacturing plants found in Italy. In 1994 we travelled back to Italy to understand exactly what it took to make the highest quality and best tasting pasta around. We fell in love with pasta and the Italian lifestyle and knew someday we wanted to create a piece of Italy back home.
Our business is based in Nashville, Tennessee, but our pasta adventure began in 1992 during our honeymoon to Italy. At Pastabilities we’re all about family, friends, and food.
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