Cookery PASTA

• PASTA The word itself is an Italian word for "paste", referring to the paste-like consistency of the dough.
• In cooking, al dente is an Italian word means "to the tooth". It describes pasta or rice that is cooked to be firm to the bite.
• Angel Hair Pasta The long, delicate strands of angel hair pasta (a.k.a capellini) are best served in light or creamy sauces. When served, it's presented like a " nest" form.
• 2. Spaghetti Pasta spaghetti-which comes from the Italian word "spago" meaning "thread" or "twine"-is a long, round pasta. The long strands are generally ten inches long.
• Linguine These long, flat noodles are slightly thicker than spaghetti.
• Fettuccine Pasta is an egg pasta cut into long, semi- wide ribbons.
• Bucatini Pasta is long, hollow spaghetti-like tubes. Bucatini means "little holes."
• Manicotti is a large-tube shaped noodles are usually filled with cheese or meat filling and baked. Manicotti means "little sleeves."
• Ditalini Pasta A small-sized, very short tubes with smooth sides. Ditalini means "small thimbles."
• Macaroni is a medium, tube-shape pasta, macaroni. It's shaped elbow, and it's the sole reason it's called elbow macaroni.
• Orecchiette Pasta A small, bowl-shaped pasta usually combined with vegetables and oil rather than hearty sauces. Its name comes from its shape, which resembles a "small ear."
• Farfalle It is also called "butterfly or bow tie pasta" because of its shape.
• Penne Pasta is A two-inch long, tube- shaped pasta that is cut diagonally at both ends.
• Fusilli Pasta

  This long, thick, spiral-shaped pasta. Fusilli resembles to "corkscrew"
• Lasagna it is a wide, flat sheet of pasta.