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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]
It is a kind of pasta in bianco, that is, without added sauce. [10] [11] [12] Italian recipes do not include cream and are not topped with other ingredients, nor is the dish generally called "Alfredo" in Italy. [2]
The first concrete information on pasta products in Italy dates back to the Etruscan civilization, the Testaroli. The first noodles will only appear much later, in the 10th or 11th centuries, [ 19 ] and there is a popular legend about Marco Polo bringing the first pasta back from China.
Close-up view of spaghetti and meatballs. Spaghetti and meatballs is an Italian-American pasta dish consisting of spaghetti, tomato sauce, and meatballs. [1]Originally inspired by similar dishes from southern Italy, the modern version of spaghetti and meatballs was developed by Italian immigrants in New York City.
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).
Barilla is being sued over its trademarked slogan "Italy’s #1 brand of pasta" because not all of its products are made in Italy.
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.