Pasta shapes that start with T
20 shapes and 61 other names. A regional name links to the shape it belongs to.
Shapes
Tagliatelle
Ribbons · Emilia-Romagna
flat egg ribbon, 8 mm wide by tradition
Tagliolini
Ribbons · Piedmont
very narrow egg ribbon, 2 to 3 mm wide
Tajarin
Ribbons · Piedmont
hair-thin golden egg ribbon
Testaroli
Sheets · Tuscany
spongy pancake cooked on a griddle, cut into diamonds, then boiled
Tonnarelli
Long strands · Lazio
square-section fresh egg strand
Tortelli
Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna
filled parcel, square, rectangular, or rolled, by region
Tortellini
Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna
small square folded over a filling and wrapped around the finger into a ring
Tortelloni
Stuffed · Emilia-Romagna
large tortellini, folded the same way around a ricotta filling
Tortiglioni
Tubes · Campania
medium tube with ridges that spiral around it
Treccioni
Short shapes
Coiled pasta
Trenette
Long strands · Liguria
flat narrow strand, slightly wider than linguine
Trenne
Tubes · Abruzzo
Penne shaped as a triangle
Tripoline
Ribbons · Campania
Thick ribbon ridged on one side
Troccoli
Long strands · Puglia
thick square strand cut with a grooved rolling pin
Trofie
Hand-formed · Liguria
thin twist rolled with the flat of the hand, pointed at both ends
Trottole
Short shapes · All of Italy
spinning top, a ribbon wound around a central pin
Tubetti
Tubes · Campania
small straight tube, the soup tube of Naples
Tuffoli
Tubes
Ridged rigatoni
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
Other names that start with T
- taddarini (Sardinia), see Tagliatelle
- tagghiarini (Sicily), see Tagliatelle
- tagghjunghele (Apulia and Campania), see Cavatelli
- Tagliarelli, see Tagliatelle
- tagliarini, see Tagliolini
- tagliatelle all'uovo, see Tagliatelle
- tagliatelle sarde, see Pillus
- tagliatelle smalzade (Trentino), see Tagliatelle
- tagliati di zitoni, see Cannelloni
- tagliatini (Tuscany), see Tagliolini
- taglierini, see Tagliatelle
- tagliolini a nido, see Capellini
- tagliolini piemontesi, see Tajarin
- tajarin (Piedmont), see Tagliolini
- tajarin piemontesi, see Tajarin
- taraduzzi, see Anelli
- Taranto), see Orecchiette
- tempestine, see Pastina
- testaroli della Lunigiana, see Testaroli
- the fluted version can also be doppio festone, see Lasagne
- thick spaghetti, see Spaghettoni
- Thin spaghetti, see Spaghettini
- threads of God, see Su filindeu
- tofarelle, see Lumache
- tofettine, see Conchiglie
- tonnarello, see Tonnarelli
- tordelli (Tuscany), see Tortelli
- torsellini, see Corzetti
- tortelli con la coda, see Tortelli
- tortelli d'erbetta, see Tortelli
- tortelli di zucca, see Tortelli
- tortelli mugellani, see Tortelli
- tortellini bolognesi, see Tortellini
- tortellini di Bologna, see Tortellini
- tortellini in brodo, see Tortellini
- tortelloni bolognesi, see Tortelloni
- tortelloni di ricotta, see Tortelloni
- tortiglione, see Cavatappi
- trecce, see Treccioni
- treccione, see Treccioni
- trenette avvantaggiate, see Trenette
- trennette, see Trenne
- Triangoli, see Trenne
- tripolini, see Farfalline
- trivelli, see Rigatoni
- troccoli foggiani, see Troccoli
- troccoli pugliesi, see Troccoli
- trofie liguri, see Trofie
- trofiette, see Trofie
- trottole pugliesi, see Trottole
- truoccoli, see Cavatelli
- tubetti rigati, see Tubetti
- tubettini, see Ditali
- tubettini lunghi, see Gramigna
- tuffoli rigati, see Tuffoli
- tuffolini rigati, see Rigatoni
- tufoli rigati. Moccolotti in Marche and Umbria, see Paccheri
- tumbarellas, see tumbarella
- tumbarelle, see tumbarella
- turtello (Emilia-Romagna), see Tortelli
- twins, see Gemelli