Smooth pasta shapes (lisce)

Acini di pepe

Pastina · All of Italy

tiny beads the size of peppercorns. cooks in 6 to 9 min

Agnolotti

Stuffed · Piedmont

small pillow of roast meat filling, folded from one sheet and cut. cooks in 2 to 4 min

Alphabet pasta

Pastina · All of Italy

tiny letters of the alphabet. cooks in 6 to 8 min

Anelli

Pastina · Sicily

small thin rings. cooks in 8 to 11 min

Anolini

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

small round parcel stamped from two sheets, filled with braised beef. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Bucatini

Long strands · Lazio

thick round strand with a fine bore through the centre. cooks in 9 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

Capellini

Long strands · Campania

very fine round strand, under 1 mm. cooks in 2 to 4 min

Cappellacci

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

large folded parcel filled with pumpkin, shaped like a peasant's hat. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Cappelletti

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

circle or square folded and pinched into a little hat. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Caramelle

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

rectangle rolled around a filling and twisted at both ends like a sweet wrapper. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Casoncelli

Stuffed · Lombardy

half-moon or folded parcel with a bread, meat, and amaretto filling. cooks in 4 to 6 min

Cjarsons

Stuffed · Friuli-Venezia Giulia

half-moon of potato dough with a sweet and savoury filling. cooks in 4 to 6 min

Culurgiones

Stuffed · Sardinia

potato and pecorino filling sealed with a pleated braid like an ear of wheat. cooks in 5 to 8 min

Ditali

Tubes · Campania

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

Ditalini

Pastina · Campania

tiny straight tube, the soup ditali. cooks in 7 to 10 min

Farfalle

Short shapes · Lombardy

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

Farfalline

Pastina · All of Italy

tiny bow ties for soup. cooks in 6 to 9 min

Fazzoletti

Sheets · Liguria

thin square of egg sheet, folded loosely on the plate like a handkerchief. cooks in 2 to 3 min

Fedelini

Long strands · Liguria

fine round strand, between capellini and spaghettini. cooks in 5 to 7 min

Fettuccine

Ribbons · Lazio

flat ribbon, 6 to 8 mm wide. cooks in 3 to 12 min

Fusilli

Short shapes · Campania

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

Fusilli lunghi

Long strands · Campania

long hollow strand twisted into a loose spiral. cooks in 10 to 13 min

Gemelli

Short shapes · All of Italy

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

Gramigna

Short shapes · Emilia-Romagna

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

Lasagne

Sheets · Emilia-Romagna

wide flat sheet, plain or with a ruffled edge. cooks in 30 to 45 min

Lasagnette

Ribbons · All of Italy

narrow lasagne strip, often with a ruffled edge. cooks in 8 to 12 min

Linguine

Long strands · Liguria

flattened oval strand, wider than thick. cooks in 9 to 11 min

Macaroni

Tubes · Campania

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

Maccheroncini di Campofilone

Ribbons · Marche

hair-fine dried egg strand, almost paper-thin. cooks in 1 to 2 min

Mafaldine

Ribbons · Campania

long flat ribbon with ruffled edges on both sides. cooks in 8 to 11 min

Maltagliati

Ribbons · Emilia-Romagna

irregular scraps of egg sheet, cut at random. cooks in 2 to 4 min

Marubini

Stuffed · Lombardy

round or square parcel of braised meat, served in three broths. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Mezzelune

Stuffed · Trentino-Alto Adige

circle folded in half over a filling into a half-moon. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Mostaccioli

Tubes · United States

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

Orzo

Pastina · All of Italy

grain-shaped pasta the size of a large rice grain. cooks in 7 to 10 min

Paccheri

Tubes · Campania

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

Pansotti

Stuffed · Liguria

plump triangular parcel filled with wild greens and cheese. cooks in 4 to 6 min

Pappardelle

Ribbons · Tuscany

very wide flat ribbon, 2 to 3 cm, sometimes with a fluted edge. cooks in 3 to 9 min

Pastina

Pastina · All of Italy

any tiny pasta for broth; the smallest grade of all. cooks in 4 to 7 min

Penne lisce

Tubes · Liguria

smooth diagonal-cut medium tube. cooks in 10 to 12 min

Perciatelli

Long strands · Campania

thick hollow strand, the Neapolitan bucatini. cooks in 10 to 13 min

Quadrucci

Pastina · Lazio

small squares cut from egg tagliatelle. cooks in 2 to 4 min

Ravioli

Stuffed · All of Italy

filling sealed between two squares of egg sheet, edges crimped. cooks in 3 to 6 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

Semi di melone

Pastina · All of Italy

flat oval seeds, like a melon seed. cooks in 6 to 8 min

Spaghetti

Long strands · Campania

round solid strand, about 2 mm across. cooks in 9 to 12 min

Spaghettini

Long strands · Campania

round solid strand, about 1.5 mm across. cooks in 6 to 9 min

Spaghettoni

Long strands · Campania

round solid strand, over 2 mm across. cooks in 12 to 15 min

Stelline

Pastina · All of Italy

tiny five- or six-pointed stars with a hole in the centre. cooks in 5 to 7 min

Su filindeu

Long strands · Sardinia

hair-fine threads stretched by hand and laid in three crossed layers on a disc. cooks in 2 to 4 min

Tagliatelle

Ribbons · Emilia-Romagna

flat egg ribbon, 8 mm wide by tradition. cooks in 2 to 8 min

Tagliolini

Ribbons · Piedmont

very narrow egg ribbon, 2 to 3 mm wide. cooks in 2 to 4 min

Tajarin

Ribbons · Piedmont

hair-thin golden egg ribbon. cooks in 1 to 3 min

Tortelli

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

filled parcel, square, rectangular, or rolled, by region. cooks in 3 to 6 min

Tortellini

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

small square folded over a filling and wrapped around the finger into a ring. cooks in 2 to 4 min

Tortelloni

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

large tortellini, folded the same way around a ricotta filling. cooks in 3 to 5 min

Trenette

Long strands · Liguria

flat narrow strand, slightly wider than linguine. cooks in 9 to 12 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

Vermicelli

Long strands · Campania

round solid strand, thickness varies by country. cooks in 7 to 11 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

Agnolini

Stuffed · Lombardy

Agnolini are a type of stuffed egg pasta originating from the province of Mantua (commonly called agnulìn or agnulì in the Mantuan dialect)

Barbine

Long strands · All of Italy

Thin strands, often coiled into nests

Boccoli

Short shapes · All of Italy

Short, thick twisted shape. cooks in 5 min

Casunziei

Stuffed · Veneto

Stuffed pasta with various fillings

Curzoli

Long strands · Emilia-Romagna

type of pasta of Romagna, Italy

Fagottini

Stuffed · All of Italy

A 'purse' or bundle of pasta, made from a round of dough gathered into a ball-shaped bundle, often stuffed with ricotta and fresh pear

Filini

Pastina

Smaller version of fideos, about 12–15 mm long before cooking. cooks in 3 min

Fusi

Hand-formed · Friuli-Venezia Giulia

type of pasta

ingannapreti

Hand-formed · Emilia-Romagna

Lagane

Ribbons · Basilicata

Wide pasta

Mezzani

Tubes · Campania

Short curved tube. cooks in 7 min

Midolline

Pastina

Flat teardrop shaped pasta (similar to Orzo but wider)

Occhi di passero

Pastina

Thick rings

Occhi di pernice

Pastina

Very small rings of pasta. cooks in 6 min

Picagge

Ribbons · Liguria

Flat strands about 1.5cm wide. Thinner sheet than lasagna. Can be white or green.

Picchiarelli

Long strands · Umbria

Slightly longer than cavatelli

Pillus

Ribbons · Sardinia

Very thin ribbons

Piombi

Pastina

Spheres slightly larger than acini di pepe. cooks in 15 min

pisarei

Hand-formed · Emilia-Romagna

type of pasta

Sacchettoni

Stuffed · All of Italy

Round, similar to fagottini, but also using ravioli stuffing. A small square of pasta is brought around the stuffing and twisted.

Strapponi

Short shapes · Tuscany

Strips of pasta ripped from a sheet

Trenne

Tubes · Abruzzo

Penne shaped as a triangle. cooks in 10 min

Tripoline

Ribbons · Campania

Thick ribbon ridged on one side. cooks in 8 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

tumbarella

Stuffed · Sardinia