All pasta shapes - stretched
We listed all pasta’s shapes and grouped them into 6 types: long & medium, short-cut, filled, gnocchi, stretched and for soup. All stretched shapes of pasta are listed here.
| Type | Type | Description | Synonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cencioni | Petal shaped, slightly curved with rough convex side[114] | Mischiglio (Basilicata)[114] | |
| Corzetti | Flat figure-eight stamped from Liguria[115] | Curzetti (Genoa); crosets (Piedmont); crosetti (Emilia-Romagna); croxetti, torsellini[115] | |
| Fainelle | Flat strascinato that vaguely resembles carob.[116] | ||
| Foglie d'ulivo | Shaped like an olive leaf | ||
| Orecchiette | Irregular disc with a central dome and a slightly thicker crown. Strascinate are identical but flat.[118] | strascinate; recchini (Rome); recchietele (Campania, Molise and Basilicata); orecchie di prete (Abruzzo and Basilicata); cicatelli (Apulia); recchie di prevete (Foggia); cagghiubbi/fenescecchie (Bari); chancierelle/pochiacche (small/big versions; Taranto); stacchiodde (Lecce)[118] |
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