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The cimbasso is a low brass instrument that covers the same range as a tuba or contrabass trombone. First appearing in Italy in the early 19th century as an upright serpent , the term cimbasso came to denote several instruments that could play the lowest brass part in 19th century Italian opera orchestras .
Sfoglina, Sfoglino is someone who makes sfoglia, a form of Italian fresh pasta resembling a sheet made only with flour and eggs. [1] A sfoglina is historically seen as a middle-aged woman who rolls and stretches out the dough with a rolling pin called a mattarello, on a large wooden pastry board called a taglieri.
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Strozzapreti (Italian: [ˌstrɔttsaˈprɛːti]; lit. ' priest choker ' or ' priest strangler ' [1]: 152 [2]) are an elongated form of cavatelli, or hand-rolled pasta typical of the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche and Umbria regions of Italy as well as in the state of San Marino.
Pici (Italian:, locally) is thick, hand-rolled pasta, like fat spaghetti. [1] It originates in the province of Siena, in Tuscany; in the Montalcino area they are also referred to as pinci (Italian:). The dough is typically made from flour and water only. The addition of egg is optional, being determined by family traditions.
Busiate or busiati are a type of long macaroni, originating in the province of Trapani and typical of the Calabria and Sicily regions of Italy. [2] They take their name from busa, the Sicilian word for the stem of Ampelodesmos mauritanicus, a local grass, which is used in preparing them and giving them their helical shape.
Tagliolini (Italian: [taʎʎoˈliːni]) or taglioni is a type of ribbon pasta, long like spaghetti, roughly 2–3 mm (3 ⁄ 32 – 1 ⁄ 8 in) wide, cut from a sheet of dough similar to tagliatelle, but thin like capellini.
Conchiglie (Italian: [koŋˈkiʎʎe]) are a type of pasta. They are usually sold in the plain durum wheat variety, and also in colored varieties which use natural pigments, such as tomato extract, squid ink or spinach extract. The shell shape of the pasta allows the sauce to adhere to it. A miniature variety called conchigliette is also available.