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What to use instead of maccheroncini di campofilone

So thin that they absorb whatever they are dressed with, and so fragile that the sauce must be added, not tossed. A ragu in the Marche style, a light tomato, or a butter sauce.

The closest swap: tagliolini

A fresh fine egg ribbon.

Maccheroncini di Campofilone is ribbons, 250 to 300 mm long, 1 to 2 minutes in the pot. Tagliolini sits in the ribbons family and cooks in 2 to 4 minutes. Match the cook time first. A swap that is right in shape and wrong in time still ends up wrong on the plate.

Every swap for maccheroncini di campofilone, ranked

A substitute must behave the same way with the sauce you are making. The ones marked as chosen are hand-picked. The rest score on family, cavity, surface, size, and shared sauces.

  1. 1
    Tagliolini, uncooked, on linen

    Tagliolini

    Ribbons · Piedmont

    A fresh fine egg ribbon (chosen)

  2. 2
    Capellini, uncooked, on linen

    Capellini

    Long strands · Campania

    A dried fine strand (chosen)

  3. 3
    Tajarin, uncooked, on linen

    Tajarin

    Ribbons · Piedmont

    Same family, also solid, also smooth, shares 1 sauce, close in size

  4. 4
    Fettuccine, uncooked, on linen

    Fettuccine

    Ribbons · Lazio

    Same family, also solid, also smooth, shares 2 sauces

  5. 5
    Lasagnette, uncooked, on linen

    Lasagnette

    Ribbons · All of Italy

    Same family, also solid, also smooth, shares 1 sauce

  6. 6
    Mafaldine, uncooked, on linen

    Mafaldine

    Ribbons · Campania

    Same family, also solid, also smooth, shares 1 sauce

  7. 7
    Maltagliati, uncooked, on linen

    Maltagliati

    Ribbons · Emilia-Romagna

    Same family, also solid, also smooth, shares 1 sauce

  8. 8
    Pappardelle, uncooked, on linen

    Pappardelle

    Ribbons · Tuscany

    Same family, also solid, also smooth, shares 1 sauce

Match the sauce, not the look

Maccheroncini di Campofilone is listed against 3 sauces. Pick the swap that holds the one you are cooking.

  • Best pasta for meat ragu: Any slow meat sauce with solids in it. It wants a shape with a cavity: a wide tube, a cup, or a broad ribbon.
  • Best pasta for pomodoro: Tomato, olive oil, garlic or onion, basil. Smooth and light. Almost any shape works; the classic is spaghetti or penne.
  • Best pasta for butter and sage: Brown butter with crisped sage leaves. The filled-pasta sauce. It stays out of the way of the filling.

Side by side

The measured difference between maccheroncini di campofilone and each swap.

Maccheroncini di Campofilone vs TaglioliniMaccheroncini di Campofilone vs CapelliniMaccheroncini di Campofilone vs Tajarin

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