What to use instead of scialatielli

The closest swap: fettuccine

Every swap for scialatielli, 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
   

   Fettuccine

   Ribbons · Lazio

   A ribbon of similar width, longer and thinner (chosen)

2. 2
   

   Trofie

   Hand-formed · Liguria

   A short rough shape for the same sauces (chosen)

3. 3
   

   Stringozzi

   Ribbons · Umbria

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

4. 4
   

   Pizzoccheri

   Ribbons · Lombardy

   Same family, also solid, also rough

5. 5
   

   Tagliatelle

   Ribbons · Emilia-Romagna

   Same family, also solid, close in size

6. 6
   

   Maccheroncini di Campofilone

   Ribbons · Marche

   Same family, also solid, shares 1 sauce

7. 7
   

   Mafaldine

   Ribbons · Campania

   Same family, also solid, shares 1 sauce

8. 8
   

   Maltagliati

   Ribbons · Emilia-Romagna

   Same family, also solid, shares 1 sauce

Match the sauce, not the look

Scialatielli is listed against 3 sauces. Pick the swap that holds the one you are cooking.

• Best pasta for frutti di mare: Mixed shellfish in a light tomato or white wine base. Linguine, spaghetti, or calamarata with its squid-ring shape.
• Best pasta for vongole: Clams, garlic, white wine, parsley, olive oil. Thin and briny. Spaghetti or linguine; nothing that competes with the shell.
• Best pasta for pomodoro: Tomato, olive oil, garlic or onion, basil. Smooth and light. Almost any shape works; the classic is spaghetti or penne.

Side by side

The measured difference between scialatielli and each swap.