World Pasta Day: Why Shape Does Matter?

The shape of Rotelli pasta is a wheel. It gives soups, salads, and a variety of other dishes a decorative flair. The wheel spokes are perfect for absorbing ingredients like meat, cream, and seafood sauces. The dough consists of durum wheat flour, water and salt. 

Wheat flour and water are used to make this Italian pasta. The shape is remarkably similar to tiny hot dog buns. Traditionally, a little wooden instrument called a cavatelli is used to make it by hand. This wheat pasta is usually cooked with tomato, garlic, and olive oil sauce.

This ring-type pasta is a stuffed variant and is frequently filled with a combination of cheese, meat, and veggies. It looks like a ring or navel and even has some similarities in appearance with tiny croissants or even wontons. Italy's Emilia region is where it first appeared. 

It is thought that the Italian village of Stringozzi is where the Stringozzi pasta first appeared. It is a semolina-based pasta that is thick and chewy. The long, hand-made rectangle-shaped noodles are frequently prepared with a tomato-based sauce, a beef ragù, or the region's black truffles.

It was created in the Liguria region of Italy. A thin sheet of pasta dough is rolled out and stamped with a distinct wooden stamp to make it. After that, the dough is shaped into little circles. It can be prepared with meat or vegetables and is commonly served with a sauce or pesto.

Wide, flat pasta known as pappardelle is an Italian delicacy from the Tuscany region. It is commonly used in foods with hearty, thick sauces and is made from egg and flour. The Italian term pappare, which means to swallow up or devour, is the source of this pasta's name.