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Pasta is believed to have developed independently in Italy and is a staple food of Italian cuisine, [1] [2] with evidence of Etruscans making pasta as early as 400 BCE in Italy. [3] [4] Pastas are divided into two broad categories: dried (Italian: pasta secca) and fresh (Italian: pasta fresca).
Spaghetti (Italian: [spaˈɡetti]) is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta. [1] It is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine. [2] Like other pasta, spaghetti is made of milled wheat, water, and sometimes enriched with vitamins and minerals. Italian spaghetti is typically made from durum-wheat semolina. [3]
Penne is the plural form of the Italian penna (meaning 'feather', but 'pen' as well), deriving from Latin penna (meaning 'feather' or 'quill'), and is a cognate of the English word pen. When this format was created, it was intended to imitate the then-ubiquitous steel nib of fountain and dip pens .
In Italy, the combination of pasta with butter and cheese dates to at least the 15th century, when it was mentioned by Martino da Como, a northern Italian cook active in Rome; [13] this recipe for "Roman macaroni" (Italian: maccaroni romaneschi) calls for cooking pasta in broth or water and adding butter, "good cheese" (the variety is not specified) and "sweet spices".
As with many recipes, the origins of the dish and its name are obscure; [10] most sources trace its origin to the region of Lazio. [11] [6] [5]The dish forms part of a family of dishes consisting of pasta with cured pork, cheese, and pepper, one of which is pasta alla gricia.
English and French borrowed the word ravioli from Italian in the 14th century. [3] The ultimate origin of the word is uncertain. [4] It is sometimes connected to the northern Italian word rava, 'turnip', supposing that the filling was made of turnips, but the earliest recipes, even Lenten ones, do not include turnips.
Macaroni (/ ˌ m æ k ə ˈ r oʊ n i /), known in Italian as maccheroni, is a pasta shaped like narrow tubes. [2] Made with durum wheat, macaroni is commonly cut in short lengths; curved macaroni may be referred to as elbow macaroni. Some home machines can make macaroni shapes but, like most pasta, macaroni is usually made commercially by ...
Testaroli is an ancient pasta [4] [5] that originated from the Etruscan civilization, [6] a civilization of ancient Italy.The book Rustico: Regional Italian Country Cooking states that testaroli is "a direct descendant of the porridges of the Neolithic age that were poured over hot stones to cook". [2]