Pasta Database

Pasta shapes that start with C

30 shapes and 121 other names. A regional name links to the shape it belongs to.

Shapes

Caccavelle, uncooked, on linen

Caccavelle

Stuffed · Campania

Large bowl-like pasta intended for stuffing

Calamarata, uncooked, on linen

Calamarata

Tubes · Campania

wide short smooth ring, the shape of a squid ring

Campanelle, uncooked, on linen

Campanelle

Short shapes · All of Italy

cone rolled from a ruffled sheet, open like a bell

Candele, uncooked, on linen

Candele

Tubes · Campania

very long smooth tube, broken by hand before cooking

Cannelloni, uncooked, on linen

Cannelloni

Tubes · Campania

large smooth tube for stuffing, or a rolled sheet

Capellini, uncooked, on linen

Capellini

Long strands · Campania

very fine round strand, under 1 mm

Cappellacci, uncooked, on linen

Cappellacci

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

large folded parcel filled with pumpkin, shaped like a peasant's hat

Cappelletti, uncooked, on linen

Cappelletti

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

circle or square folded and pinched into a little hat

Cappelli da chef, uncooked, on linen

Cappelli da chef

Short shapes

Extruded pasta that looks like a chef's hat

Capunti, uncooked, on linen

Capunti

Hand-formed · Puglia

long cavatelli dragged with three fingers, like an open pea pod

Caramelle, uncooked, on linen

Caramelle

Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna

rectangle rolled around a filling and twisted at both ends like a sweet wrapper

Casarecce, uncooked, on linen

Casarecce

Short shapes · Sicily

short strip rolled into an S, with a groove down the middle

Cascatelli, uncooked, on linen

Cascatelli

Short shapes · United States

half-tube with a ruffled flange, curved into a half-loop

Casoncelli, uncooked, on linen

Casoncelli

Stuffed · Lombardy

half-moon or folded parcel with a bread, meat, and amaretto filling

Castellane, uncooked, on linen

Castellane

Short shapes · Emilia-Romagna

Shell pasta coiled into a conical shape

Casunziei, uncooked, on linen

Casunziei

Stuffed · Veneto

Stuffed pasta with various fillings

Cavatappi, uncooked, on linen

Cavatappi

Tubes · All of Italy

hollow ridged tube wound into a corkscrew

Cavatelli, uncooked, on linen

Cavatelli

Hand-formed · Puglia

small dumpling with a hollow, rolled under two fingers

Cencioni, uncooked, on linen

Cencioni

Short shapes · All of Italy

Petal shaped, slightly curved with rough convex side

Chifferi, uncooked, on linen

Chifferi

Tubes · All of Italy

short curved elbow tube, usually ridged

Cicioneddos, uncooked, on linen

Cicioneddos

Hand-formed · Sardinia

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

Cjarsons, uncooked, on linen

Cjarsons

Stuffed · Friuli-Venezia Giulia

half-moon of potato dough with a sweet and savoury filling

Conchiglie, uncooked, on linen

Conchiglie

Short shapes · All of Italy

cupped shell with ridges on the outside

Conchiglioni, uncooked, on linen

Conchiglioni

Short shapes · All of Italy

jumbo shell for stuffing

Coralli, uncooked, on linen

Coralli

Pastina

Ridged tubes

Corallini, uncooked, on linen

Corallini

Pastina

Small short tubes of pasta

Corzetti, uncooked, on linen

Corzetti

Hand-formed · Liguria

coin-shaped disc stamped with a pattern on both faces

Creste di gallo, uncooked, on linen

Creste di gallo

Short shapes · All of Italy

curved ridged tube with a ruffled crest along the outer edge

Culurgiones, uncooked, on linen

Culurgiones

Stuffed · Sardinia

potato and pecorino filling sealed with a pleated braid like an ear of wheat

Curzoli, uncooked, on linen

Curzoli

Long strands · Emilia-Romagna

type of pasta of Romagna, Italy

Other names that start with C