Pasta shapes that start with B
5 shapes and 23 other names. A regional name links to the shape it belongs to.
Shapes
Barbine
Long strands · All of Italy
Thin strands, often coiled into nests
Bigoli
Long strands · Veneto
thick rough round strand, pressed through a bigolaro
Boccoli
Short shapes · All of Italy
Short, thick twisted shape
Bucatini
Long strands · Lazio
thick round strand with a fine bore through the centre
Busiate
Hand-formed · Sicily
long strip wound around a reed into a loose coil
Other names that start with B
- Barbina, see Barbine
- barbine a nido, see Capellini
- bardele, see Lasagne
- bardele (Lombardia), see Tagliatelle
- bassetti, see Capellini
- bavette, see Trenette
- bavette fini, see Linguine
- Bavettine, see Linguine
- beggar's purse pasta, see Sacchettoni
- begnamusi/sguazzabarbuz (Emilia-Romagna), see Maltagliati
- bells, see Campanelle
- Biciclette, see Rotelle
- bigoi, see Bigoli
- bigoli mori, see Bigoli
- Biricci, see Mafaldine
- blecs, see Maltagliati
- Boccolotti, see Bucatini
- Bombardoni, see Rigatoni
- bombaroni, see Paccheri
- bow tie pasta, see Farfalle
- bow ties, see Farfalle
- busa, see Busiate
- busiati, see Busiate