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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).
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".
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.
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]
Pappardelle (Italian: [papparˈdɛlle]; sg.: pappardella; from the verb pappare, meaning 'to gobble up') are large, very broad, flat pasta, similar to wide fettuccine, [1] originating from the Tuscany region of Italy.
Barilla is being sued over its trademarked slogan "Italy’s #1 brand of pasta" because not all of its products are made in Italy.
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.
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.