Pasta Database

Pasta shapes that start with F

19 shapes and 52 other names. A regional name links to the shape it belongs to.

Shapes

Fagioloni, uncooked, on linen

Fagioloni

Tubes

Short narrow tube

Fagottini, uncooked, on linen

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

Fainelle, uncooked, on linen

Fainelle

Hand-formed · Puglia

Flat strascinato that vaguely resembles carob

Farfalle, uncooked, on linen

Farfalle

Short shapes · Lombardy

rectangle of pasta pinched in the middle into a bow, with crimped edges

Farfalline, uncooked, on linen

Farfalline

Pastina · All of Italy

tiny bow ties for soup

Fazzoletti, uncooked, on linen

Fazzoletti

Sheets · Liguria

thin square of egg sheet, folded loosely on the plate like a handkerchief

Fedelini, uncooked, on linen

Fedelini

Long strands · Liguria

fine round strand, between capellini and spaghettini

Festoni, uncooked, on linen

Festoni

Short shapes

Thick ruffled helices

Fettuccine, uncooked, on linen

Fettuccine

Ribbons · Lazio

flat ribbon, 6 to 8 mm wide

Fileja, uncooked, on linen

Fileja

Hand-formed · Calabria

strip wound around a thin rod into a short irregular spiral

Filini, uncooked, on linen

Filini

Pastina

Smaller version of fideos, about 12–15 mm long before cooking

Fiorentine, uncooked, on linen

Fiorentine

Short shapes

Grooved cut tubes

Fiori, uncooked, on linen

Fiori

Short shapes · All of Italy

Shaped like a flower

Foglie d'ulivo, uncooked, on linen

Foglie d'ulivo

Short shapes · Puglia

flat leaf with a pinched vein, often tinted green with spinach

Fregola, uncooked, on linen

Fregola

Pastina · Sardinia

irregular toasted semolina pearls, like a coarse couscous

Funghini, uncooked, on linen

Funghini

Pastina

Small mushroom-shaped pasta

Fusi, uncooked, on linen

Fusi

Hand-formed · Friuli-Venezia Giulia

type of pasta

Fusilli, uncooked, on linen

Fusilli

Short shapes · Campania

short solid spiral, three blades twisted around a core

Fusilli lunghi, uncooked, on linen

Fusilli lunghi

Long strands · Campania

long hollow strand twisted into a loose spiral

Other names that start with F