Pasta shapes that start with P
21 shapes and 69 other names. A regional name links to the shape it belongs to.
Shapes
Paccheri
Tubes · Campania
very wide smooth tube, collapses flat when cooked
paccozza
Hand-formed · Campania
Pansotti
Stuffed · Liguria
plump triangular parcel filled with wild greens and cheese
Pappardelle
Ribbons · Tuscany
very wide flat ribbon, 2 to 3 cm, sometimes with a fluted edge
parmatieddi
Hand-formed · Campania
type of pasta
Pasta al ceppo
Short shapes · Abruzzo
Sheet pasta that is similar in shape to a cinnamon stick
Pastina
Pastina · All of Italy
any tiny pasta for broth; the smallest grade of all
Penne
Tubes · Liguria
medium tube cut on the diagonal, ridged (rigate) or smooth (lisce)
Penne lisce
Tubes · Liguria
smooth diagonal-cut medium tube
Pennette
Tubes · All of Italy
small penne, ridged, about 3.5 cm
Pennoni
Tubes · All of Italy
large penne, ridged, 1.5 cm across
Perciatelli
Long strands · Campania
thick hollow strand, the Neapolitan bucatini
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
Pici
Long strands · Tuscany
fat irregular hand-rolled strand
Pillus
Ribbons · Sardinia
Very thin ribbons
Piombi
Pastina
Spheres slightly larger than acini di pepe
Pipe rigate
Tubes · All of Italy
curved ridged tube pinched at one end, like a snail shell
pisarei
Hand-formed · Emilia-Romagna
type of pasta
Pizzarelle
Hand-formed · Lazio
short hand-rolled strips, thick and irregular
Pizzoccheri
Ribbons · Lombardy
short thick grey-brown buckwheat ribbon
Other names that start with P
- paccheri rigati, see Paccheri
- paccozze, see paccozza
- paguri, see Castellane
- palmatielli, see parmatieddi
- panigacci, see Testaroli
- pansoti, see Pansotti
- pansotti alla genovese, see Pansotti
- paparele, see Pappardelle
- paparele (Veneto), see Pappardelle
- pappardelle toscane, see Pappardelle
- Papparelle, see Pappardelle
- parmi, see parmatieddi
- parmitieddi, see parmatieddi
- parmitieddi di Teggiano, see parmatieddi
- paspardelle (Marche), see Pappardelle
- pasta alla mugnaia, see Maccheroni alla molinara
- pasta grattata, see Grattoni
- pasta stracciata, see Strapponi
- pastine, see Pastina
- Pearl pasta, see Piombi
- penne a candela, see Penne
- penne di natale/natalini, see Penne
- penne di ziti/zitoni, see Penne
- penne giganti, see Pennoni
- penne mezzane, see Penne
- penne piccole, see Pennette
- penne regina, see Penne
- penne rigate, see Penne
- penne smooth, see Penne lisce
- penne triangolo, see Trenne
- pennettine, see Penne
- Pennine, see Penne
- pennoni rigati, see Pennoni
- pennuzze, see Penne
- pentole, see Caccavelle
- Pentole (Naples), see Caccavelle
- pepe bucato, see Acini di pepe
- peperini, see Anchellini
- peppercorn pasta, see Acini di pepe
- perciatellini, see Bucatini
- Perciatelloni, see Mezzani
- petits plombs, see Piombi
- piat d'angelòt, see Agnolotti
- picagge avvantaggiate, see Picagge
- picagge matte, see Picagge
- picagge verdi, see Picagge
- picaje, see Picagge
- Picaje or piccagge, see Picagge
- piccagge, see Picagge
- piccicasanti, see Strozzapreti
- pinci, see Pici
- pinci (Montepulciano), see Pici
- pincinelle (Colonna), see Tagliatelle
- pincinelle (Marche), see Cavatelli
- pipe, see Lumache
- pipette, see Lumache
- pizzarelle laziali, see Pizzarelle
- pizzelle (Apulia), see Maltagliati
- pizzicarieddi (Apulia). Pictured is dry capunti, see Cavatelli
- pizzoccheri della Valtellina, see Pizzoccheri
- pizzocher di Tei, see Pizzoccheri
- pizzocheri, see Pizzoccheri
- pizzocherini (Valtellina), see Maltagliati
- plin, see Agnolotti
- potato gnocchi, see Gnocchi
- presuner or prigioneri (Capri), see Tortellini
- puntalette, see Orzo
- punte d'ago, see Orzo
- Puntine, see Orzo