Pasta Database

Fiori

Short shapesAll of Italy

Shaped like a flower.

Name. Flowers. From fiore, a flower.

What it is

Fiori are a decorative extruded pasta shaped like a flower. Petals radiate from a central core. One description sees a set of small connected tubes around a central tube. The dough is durum wheat semolina. The extruded rope is cut at set lengths. Wikipedia compares the shape to rotelle. One source calls it a recent addition to the range of shapes.

The shape is Italian. No source names a region. Fiori hold sauce in the gaps between petals. They suit meat sauces, cream sauces, and tomato sauces. They also work in pasta salads and soups. Makers sometimes sell coloured versions flavoured with tomato and spinach.

What it is served with

Pairs with: Pomodoro · Cream sauce · Meat ragu · Pasta salad · Four cheese

Nutrition

Per 100 g of dry semolina pasta. The shape does not change these numbers. The dough does, so a whole wheat or egg version of this shape reads differently. See every dough.

Per 100 gEnergyProteinCarbohydrateFibreFatSodiumIron
Dry371 kcal13.0 g74.7 g3.2 g1.5 g6 mg3.3 mg
Cooked158 kcal5.8 g30.9 g1.8 g0.9 g1 mg1.3 mg

One portion. 100 g dry becomes about 235 g cooked, 371 kcal and 13 g of protein. Pasta takes on 2.3 times its weight in the pot.

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Ranked by how they behave with sauce, not how they look.

Radiatori, uncooked, on linen

Radiatori

Short shapes · All of Italy

Same family, shares 4 sauces

Conchiglie, uncooked, on linen

Conchiglie

Short shapes · All of Italy

Same family, shares 3 sauces

Conchiglioni, uncooked, on linen

Conchiglioni

Short shapes · All of Italy

Same family, shares 3 sauces

Other names

flower pasta.

Sources