Ridged pasta shapes (rigate)
A ridged surface, rigate in Italian, comes from a grooved die. The grooves multiply the surface area and give a thick sauce something to hold. A ridged shape almost always pairs with a chunky ragu or a baked dish.
34 shapes. Full profiles first, then the rest A to Z.
Cascatelli
Short shapes · United States
half-tube with a ruffled flange, curved into a half-loop. cooks in 10 to 13 min
Cavatappi
Tubes · All of Italy
hollow ridged tube wound into a corkscrew. cooks in 8 to 10 min
Chifferi
Tubes · All of Italy
short curved elbow tube, usually ridged. cooks in 8 to 10 min
Conchiglie
Short shapes · All of Italy
cupped shell with ridges on the outside. cooks in 10 to 13 min
Conchiglioni
Short shapes · All of Italy
jumbo shell for stuffing. cooks in 13 to 16 min
Creste di gallo
Short shapes · All of Italy
curved ridged tube with a ruffled crest along the outer edge. cooks in 10 to 12 min
Garganelli
Tubes · Emilia-Romagna
egg-pasta square rolled on a comb into a ridged quill. cooks in 3 to 5 min
Gnocchetti sardi
Short shapes · Sardinia
small ridged dried shell, the commercial malloreddus. cooks in 10 to 13 min
Gnocchi
Hand-formed · All of Italy
small soft dumpling of potato and flour, often ridged on a fork. cooks in 2 to 3 min
Lumache
Tubes · All of Italy
snail-shell tube, curved and pinched at one end. cooks in 10 to 13 min
Malloreddus
Hand-formed · Sardinia
small ridged shell, rolled over a basket or a ridged board, often saffron-yellow. cooks in 10 to 13 min
Manicotti
Tubes · United States
large ridged tube for stuffing, the American cannelloni. cooks in 20 to 30 min
Mezze maniche
Tubes · All of Italy
short wide ridged tube, half a rigatoni. cooks in 11 to 13 min
Mezzi rigatoni
Tubes · All of Italy
half-length rigatoni. cooks in 11 to 13 min
Occhi di lupo
Tubes · Campania
short wide ridged tube, cut straight. cooks in 11 to 13 min
Penne
Tubes · Liguria
medium tube cut on the diagonal, ridged (rigate) or smooth (lisce). cooks in 10 to 12 min
Pennette
Tubes · All of Italy
small penne, ridged, about 3.5 cm. cooks in 8 to 11 min
Pennoni
Tubes · All of Italy
large penne, ridged, 1.5 cm across. cooks in 12 to 14 min
Pipe rigate
Tubes · All of Italy
curved ridged tube pinched at one end, like a snail shell. cooks in 10 to 12 min
Radiatori
Short shapes · All of Italy
squat cylinder with deep fins, like a car radiator. cooks in 10 to 12 min
Rigatoni
Tubes · Lazio
wide ridged tube cut straight across. cooks in 12 to 14 min
Sedani
Tubes · All of Italy
slightly curved narrow ridged tube. cooks in 10 to 12 min
Tortiglioni
Tubes · Campania
medium tube with ridges that spiral around it. cooks in 12 to 14 min
Castellane
Short shapes · Emilia-Romagna
Shell pasta coiled into a conical shape. cooks in 9 min
Festoni
Short shapes
Thick ruffled helices. cooks in 9 min
Fiorentine
Short shapes
Grooved cut tubes
Lanterne
Short shapes · Puglia
Curved ridges
Marille
Short shapes · Campania
Designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1983 – like a rolling ocean wave in cross-section with internal rugosities, but unsuccessful and no longer
Mezzi bombardoni
Tubes
Wide short tubes. cooks in 12 min
parmatieddi
Hand-formed · Campania
type of pasta
Quadrefiore
Short shapes
Square with rippled edges
Riccioli
Short shapes
Hollow cut with cylindrical ridges. cooks in 7 min
Treccioni
Short shapes
Coiled pasta
Tuffoli
Tubes
Ridged rigatoni. cooks in 10 to 12 min
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