Short pasta shapes

Busiate

Hand-formed · Sicily

long strip wound around a reed into a loose coil. cooks in 8 to 12 min

Calamarata

Tubes · Campania

wide short smooth ring, the shape of a squid ring. cooks in 14 to 16 min

Campanelle

Short shapes · All of Italy

cone rolled from a ruffled sheet, open like a bell. cooks in 9 to 12 min

Candele

Tubes · Campania

very long smooth tube, broken by hand before cooking. cooks in 13 to 17 min

Cannelloni

Tubes · Campania

large smooth tube for stuffing, or a rolled sheet. cooks in 20 to 30 min

Capunti

Hand-formed · Puglia

long cavatelli dragged with three fingers, like an open pea pod. cooks in 6 to 10 min

Casarecce

Short shapes · Sicily

short strip rolled into an S, with a groove down the middle. cooks in 9 to 12 min

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

Cavatelli

Hand-formed · Puglia

small dumpling with a hollow, rolled under two fingers. cooks in 8 to 12 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

Corzetti

Hand-formed · Liguria

coin-shaped disc stamped with a pattern on both faces. cooks in 3 to 6 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

Ditali

Tubes · Campania

short straight tube, as long as it is wide. cooks in 8 to 11 min

Farfalle

Short shapes · Lombardy

rectangle of pasta pinched in the middle into a bow, with crimped edges. cooks in 10 to 12 min

Fileja

Hand-formed · Calabria

strip wound around a thin rod into a short irregular spiral. cooks in 8 to 12 min

Foglie d'ulivo

Short shapes · Puglia

flat leaf with a pinched vein, often tinted green with spinach. cooks in 8 to 12 min

Fusilli

Short shapes · Campania

short solid spiral, three blades twisted around a core. cooks in 9 to 12 min

Garganelli

Tubes · Emilia-Romagna

egg-pasta square rolled on a comb into a ridged quill. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Gemelli

Short shapes · All of Italy

one strand folded and twisted on itself, like two strands entwined. cooks in 9 to 11 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

Gramigna

Short shapes · Emilia-Romagna

short thin hollow curl, like a blade of couch grass. cooks in 7 to 10 min

Lorighittas

Hand-formed · Sardinia

two thin strands braided into a ring. cooks in 8 to 12 min

Lumache

Tubes · All of Italy

snail-shell tube, curved and pinched at one end. cooks in 10 to 13 min

Macaroni

Tubes · Campania

short narrow smooth tube, straight or curved into an elbow. cooks in 7 to 10 min

Maccheroni al ferretto

Hand-formed · Calabria

strip of dough rolled around a thin iron rod into a long hollow tube. cooks in 8 to 12 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

Mostaccioli

Tubes · United States

smooth diagonal-cut tube, the American penne lisce. cooks in 10 to 12 min

Occhi di lupo

Tubes · Campania

short wide ridged tube, cut straight. cooks in 11 to 13 min

Orecchiette

Hand-formed · Puglia

small domed disc, rough on the outside, dragged over the board with a knife. cooks in 9 to 12 min

Paccheri

Tubes · Campania

very wide smooth tube, collapses flat when cooked. cooks in 14 to 18 min

Penne

Tubes · Liguria

medium tube cut on the diagonal, ridged (rigate) or smooth (lisce). cooks in 10 to 12 min

Penne lisce

Tubes · Liguria

smooth diagonal-cut medium tube. 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

Pizzarelle

Hand-formed · Lazio

short hand-rolled strips, thick and irregular. cooks in 5 to 8 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

Rotelle

Short shapes · All of Italy

wagon wheel with spokes. cooks in 9 to 11 min

Rotini

Short shapes · United States

tight short spiral, the American fusilli. cooks in 8 to 10 min

Sagne 'ncannulate

Hand-formed · Puglia

wide strip twisted along its length into a loose corkscrew. cooks in 8 to 12 min

Sedani

Tubes · All of Italy

slightly curved narrow ridged tube. cooks in 10 to 12 min

Strascinati

Hand-formed · Basilicata

disc of dough dragged across the board with the fingers, larger and flatter than orecchiette. cooks in 6 to 10 min

Strozzapreti

Short shapes · Emilia-Romagna

strip of dough rolled between the palms into a loose twist. cooks in 8 to 11 min

Tortiglioni

Tubes · Campania

medium tube with ridges that spiral around it. cooks in 12 to 14 min

Trofie

Hand-formed · Liguria

thin twist rolled with the flat of the hand, pointed at both ends. cooks in 8 to 11 min

Trottole

Short shapes · All of Italy

spinning top, a ribbon wound around a central pin. cooks in 10 to 12 min

Tubetti

Tubes · Campania

small straight tube, the soup tube of Naples. cooks in 8 to 10 min

Vesuvio

Short shapes · Campania

tight spiral cone, like the volcano. cooks in 11 to 14 min

Ziti

Tubes · Campania

smooth medium tube, cut straight; sold long or cut. cooks in 11 to 14 min

Boccoli

Short shapes · All of Italy

Short, thick twisted shape. cooks in 5 min

Cappelli da chef

Short shapes

Extruded pasta that looks like a chef's hat. cooks in 11 min

Castellane

Short shapes · Emilia-Romagna

Shell pasta coiled into a conical shape. cooks in 9 min

Cencioni

Short shapes · All of Italy

Petal shaped, slightly curved with rough convex side

Cicioneddos

Hand-formed · Sardinia

Hand-rolled, shell-shaped pasta that are smaller than malloreddus

Fagioloni

Tubes

Short narrow tube

Fainelle

Hand-formed · Puglia

Flat strascinato that vaguely resembles carob

Festoni

Short shapes

Thick ruffled helices. cooks in 9 min

Fiorentine

Short shapes

Grooved cut tubes

Fiori

Short shapes · All of Italy

Shaped like a flower

Fusi

Hand-formed · Friuli-Venezia Giulia

type of pasta

ingannapreti

Hand-formed · Emilia-Romagna

Lanterne

Short shapes · Puglia

Curved ridges

Maccheroncelli

Tubes

Hollow tube-shaped pasta that is slightly smaller than a pencil in thickness. cooks in 11 min

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

Mezzani

Tubes · Campania

Short curved tube. cooks in 7 min

Mezzi bombardoni

Tubes

Wide short tubes. cooks in 12 min

Nuvole

Short shapes

Short coiled pasta

paccozza

Hand-formed · Campania

parmatieddi

Hand-formed · Campania

type of pasta

Pasta al ceppo

Short shapes · Abruzzo

Sheet pasta that is similar in shape to a cinnamon stick. cooks in 10 min

pisarei

Hand-formed · Emilia-Romagna

type of pasta

Quadrefiore

Short shapes

Square with rippled edges

Riccioli

Short shapes

Hollow cut with cylindrical ridges. cooks in 7 min

Ricciolini

Short shapes

Short wide pasta with a 90-degree twist

Ricciutelle

Short shapes

Short spiralled pasta. cooks in 8 min

Rombi

Short shapes · Abruzzo

Rhombus-shaped ribbons. cooks in 12 min

Sagnarelli

Short shapes · Abruzzo

Rectangular ribbons with fluted edges. cooks in 11 min

Strapponi

Short shapes · Tuscany

Strips of pasta ripped from a sheet

strigoli

Short shapes

cooks in 6 min

Treccioni

Short shapes

Coiled pasta

Trenne

Tubes · Abruzzo

Penne shaped as a triangle. cooks in 10 min

Tuffoli

Tubes

Ridged rigatoni. cooks in 10 to 12 min

Tufoli

Tubes

A pasta shell large enough for stuffing (as with meat or cheese). From a southern Italian dialect, plural of tufolo (tube), modification of