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The word rigatoni comes from the Italian word rigato (that stands for 'lined', 'striped', 'ruled', rigatone being the augmentative, and rigatoni the plural form), which means 'ridged' or 'lined', and is associated with the cuisine of southern and central Italy. [4] [3] Rigatoncini are a smaller version, close to the size of penne.
Ziti (Italian:) or zite (Italian:) is a shape of extruded pasta originating from the Italian regions of Campania and Sicily. [1] [2] It is shaped into long, wide tubes, about 25 cm (9.8 inches) long, that generally need to be broken by hand into smaller pieces before cooking. Ziti has similarities to bucatini but is much thicker.
Arrabbiata literally means 'angry' in Italian; [2] in Romanesco dialect the adjective arabbiato denotes a characteristic (in this case spiciness) pushed to excess. [1] In Rome, in fact, any food cooked in a pan with a lot of oil, garlic, and peperoncino so as to provoke a strong thirst is called "arrabbiato" (e.g. broccoli arrabbiati).
Genovese sauce, known in Italian as sugo alla genovese or "la Genovese", is a slow-cooked onion and meat sauce associated with the city of Naples.It is typically served with ziti, rigatoni or paccheri pasta and sprinkled with grated cheese.
Cannelloni (Italian: [kannelˈloːni]; Italian for 'large reeds') are a cylindrical type of egg-based stuffed pasta generally served baked with a filling and covered by a sauce in Italian cuisine. [1] Popular stuffings include spinach and ricotta or minced beef. The shells are then typically covered with tomato sauce.
Linguine (Italian: [liŋˈɡwiːne], lit. ' little tongues '; [1] English: / l ɪ ŋ ˈ ɡ w iː n i /; sometimes anglicized as linguini) [2] [3] is a type of Italian pasta similar to fettuccine and trenette, but elliptical in section rather than flat.
Fettuccine [a] [b] is a type of pasta popular in Roman cuisine.It is descended from the extremely thin capelli d'angelo of the Renaissance, [2] but is a flat, thick pasta traditionally made of egg and flour (usually one egg for every 100 grams or 3.5 ounces of flour).
Manicotti (the plural form of the Italian word manicotto; < manica, 'sleeve', + the augmentative ending, -otto) are a type of pasta in Italian-American cuisine. They are large pasta tubes intended to be stuffed and baked. Originally, Italian manicotti was made with crepes.