Different Types of Spaghetti

Spaghetti

Perhaps you cook with spaghetti noodles and sauce a lot — or maybe you avoid it because you’re bored.

First of all do you know the different categories of pasta and their general usage?

• Long- and medium-length pasta
• Short-cut pasta
• Stretched pasta
• Soup pasta
• Filled pasta
• Gnocchi and gnocchetti

Some of these are better for salads, soups, or under sauces. Most of these can be made into casseroles.

Here are some various types for you to explore if you’d like a checklist:

Agnolotti

Angel hair

Bucatini

Campanelle

Cannelloni

Casarecce

Cavatappi

Conchiglie

Ditalini

Elbows

Farfalle

Fettuccine

Fusilli

Gemelli

Gnocchi

Jumbo shells

Lasagne

Linguine

Manicotti

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