What to use instead of tubetti

The closest swap: ditali

Every swap for tubetti, 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
   

   Ditali

   Tubes · Campania

   The same tube under the northern name (chosen)

2. 2
   

   Ditalini

   Pastina · Campania

   The small grade (chosen)

3. 3
   

   Macaroni

   Tubes · Campania

   Elbows (chosen)

4. 4
   

   Chifferi

   Tubes · All of Italy

   Same family, also hollow, shares 2 sauces, close in size

5. 5
   

   Pennette

   Tubes · All of Italy

   Same family, also hollow, shares 2 sauces, close in size

6. 6
   

   Calamarata

   Tubes · Campania

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

7. 7
   

   Candele

   Tubes · Campania

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

8. 8
   

   Cannelloni

   Tubes · Campania

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

Match the sauce, not the look

Tubetti is listed against 5 sauces. Pick the swap that holds the one you are cooking.

• Best pasta for pasta e fagioli: Beans, soffritto, a little tomato, and small pasta cooked in the soup. Ditalini, tubetti, or broken spaghetti.
• Best pasta for minestrone: A thick vegetable soup with beans and a small pasta added at the end. Ditalini, conchigliette, or anellini.
• Best pasta for pasta e ceci: Chickpeas, rosemary, garlic, and a small pasta. Roman. Ditalini, quadrucci, or maltagliati.
• 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 tubetti and each swap.