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5 Most Popular Types of Pasta

The staple food of Italian cuisine, pasta is a world favorite. Whether you’re in Europe, or Asia – you’ll find pasta lovers everywhere.<br>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!

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5 Most Popular Types of Pasta

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  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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