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Pasta cooking times
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| Image | Name | Meaning and description | Cooking time |
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Amori | Loves Available from Waitrose. | 5 minutes |
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Anistelle | Stelle = Stars | 12 minutes |
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Bucatini | Little pierced hole. Often encountered in Lazio, it is a thick type of spaghetti. Can be anything from /dish25cm to 60cm in length, with the longer versions usually being folded before drying. Produced by De Cecco and Cav. Giuseppe Cocco. | 8-9 minutes |
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Campanelle | Bells. See Gigli below. | 8 to 10 minutes |
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Casarecce | Home-made. This is an industrial pasta which is made to look home-made, hence its name. Length about 3.7cm, width 4mm. Good with pesto. | 11 minutes |
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Cavatappi | Corkscrews. Modern shape measuring 3cm by 0.5cm. Also known as Cellentani (whirls) it can replace maccheroni in Macaroni Cheese. | 8 minutes |
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Coditos | Little elbows (Spanish) | 9 to 11 minutes |
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Conchiglioni rigati | Large ridged shells. | 13 minutes |
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Dischi volante | Flying saucers. Dates back to 1947 after Kenneth Arnold spotted one in the USA. Diameter 2cm, thickness 2mm and best with chunky sauces or in pasta salads. | 10 to 12 minutes |
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Eliche | Propellers. | 11 minutes |
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Elicoidali | Helicoid. | 10 minutes |
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Farfalle arcobaleno | Rainbow butterflies. | 7 minutes |
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Fettuccine all'uovo | Little ribbons. | 7 minutes |
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Fiocchetti all'uovo | Little bows, ribbons, tassels. Produced by Cav. Giuseppe Cocco. | 6 minutes |
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Fresh pasta | Home-made egg pasta or commercial fresh egg pasta | 3 to 5 minutes |
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Garganelli | Scrolls. | 10 minutes |
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Gigli | Lilies. Also known as Campanelle (Bells). | 8 to 10 minutes |
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Girandole gigante | Giant pinwheels / windmills | 6 minutes (or longer) |
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Lumache | Snails | 12 minutes |
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Lumaconi | Large snails | 15-17 minutes |
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Elbow macaroni | 7-10 minutes | |
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Maccheroni | 7-10 minutes | |
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Orzo | 11 minutes | |
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Paccheri rigati | Ridged slaps | 13 minutes |
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Pappardelle rustiche | From pappare meaning to gobble up. | 9 minutes |
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Penne rigate | Ridged quills. | 13 minutes |
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Riccioli | Curls. | 9 to 11 minutes |
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Ruote tricolore | 3 colour Wheels. | 8 to 10 minutes |
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Sconcigli | From the shape of the shell of a sea-snail (purple dye murex) of the same name. | 10 to 12 minutes |
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Spaghetti | 7-10 minutes | |
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Stellete | Little stars. | 7 minutes |
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Tacconelli | 13 minutes | |
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Tagliatelline nests | Little nests. | 6 minutes |
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Thomas the Tank Engine Pasta | 8 to 10 minutes | |
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Tortiglioni | From the Italian 'torquere', to turn. | 12 minutes |
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Tripoline | ||
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Trottole | Spinning tops. | 9 minutes |
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Vermicelli nests | Little worms | 4 to 5 minutes |
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Zoo pasta | 8 to 10 minutes |
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