Pasta is quick to make and offers a lot of choices. They fulfil every vegetarian’s or non-vegetarian’s wishes. Pasta is mostly prepared with some sauce which makes them blend well. Not every sauce goes with the pasta, so you have to make sure which shape should be cooked with which sauce.
Here is a list of 20 pasta shapes and the perfect way to cook them:
1. Baked Ziti with Sausage
Ziti is a medium-sized, smooth pasta tube. Ziti is prepared by baking it. A casserole is made using cheese and tomato sauce. Here, the pasta is loaded with sausages and baked to perfection.
2. Chicken and Pastina Soup
Pastina are tiny spheres of pasta. They are so tiny that they cannot hold any sauces. The only thing you can make from them is soup. The best way is Chicken and Pastina Soup. The flavours of Chicken go well with the Pastina.
3. Linguine with Spinach and Mascarpone Cream
A long, flat, thin strip of pasta resembling a flattened spaghetti is Linguine. They are versatile, that means they go very well with seafood and clams, and also with tomato and cream-based sauces. The recipe is of Linguine with Spinach and Mascarpone Cream. These noodles cover the creamy texture of mascarpone cream and by adding a little bit of nutmeg gives it a perfect flavour.
4. Taco-Stuffed Pasta Shells
The shell-shaped pasta is known as Conchiglie. Since it shaped like a shell and had a cavity in the centre, it can hold thick creamy and tomato sauces. The recipe is Taco-stuffed pasta shells. The cavity is filled with ground beef, shredded Mexican cheese, crushed tomato, and the seasoning mix act as spices.
5. Farfalle with Ricotta Cheese
Farfalle is shaped like a cute bow tie. They make up for a good presentation which automatically attracts people. They are versatile, which means you can add them in soups, make their salad, or stir them in soups.
6. Caeser Angel Hair
Angel Hair Pasta might look like spaghetti, but they are fine strands. They are delicious with any sauce. To make this dish, use a bottle of Caesar dressing with lemon juice, bacon, black pepper, and Parmesan.
7. Vegan Baked Manicotti
Manicotti is an Italian American pasta. These are kind of tubes used for stuffing and therefore, for baked dishes. Vegan Baked Manicotti is cashew-based creamy ricotta and garlic sautéed kale, stuffed in the pasta tubes. They are drenched in tomato sauce and then baked.
8. Giant Skillet Rigatoni
Rigatoni is originated from Italy. They are tube-shaped pasta of different lengths and diameter. Giant Skillet Rigatoni is easy to prepare. Rigatoni is tossed up with some sauce and covered with cheese to satisfy your cravings.
9. Ditalini-Risotto Style
Ditalini is used in soups as it is shaped like small tubes. The translation of Ditalini means ‘Small Thimbles.’ They complement well in Thick Italian Soup and with light sauces. A Risotto from this pasta is a good idea.
10. Sphaghetti and Meatballs
When you are going for meatballs, spaghetti acts as a perfect complement. The platter containing spaghetti, meat, breadcrumbs, tomato sauce, onions, butter, egg, and Parmigiano-Reggiano soaked in red sauce is the most comforting.
11. Gemelli With Mushroom Sauce
Gemelli is the two pasta strands braided together. They are not to be confused with any other spiral pasta. They can hold sauces better than other pasta because of the shape. The creamy mushroom sauce goes well with this pasta.
12. Orzo with Mint Pesto and Peas
Orzo might like grains belonging to the family of rice. They work best with light sauces as they are small in size. Serve this pasta with mint and peas as a side dish or an entree.
13. Torchio Pasta with Squash Blossoms
Torchio is twirls of pasta shaped like a bell. Be it creamy or tomato shaped sauce, both go well with this pasta as they caught in these structures. Here, Torchio Pasta with Squash Blossoms is the recipe in which the pasta is cooked in a sauce made of garlic. The shallots are sautéed in butter with tomatoes, blossoms, olives, prosciutto, and herbs with the seasoning of salt and pepper.
14. Country Pasta Salad
Rotelle is shaped like a wagon wheel, often referred to as ‘wagon wheel pasta.’ They go well with pasta salads and work with thick sauces. The recipe Country Pasta Salad is made by combining turkey, rotelle, carrots, red pepper, olives, and bacon in a large bowl and serve.
15. Penne Arrabiatta
Penne is a medium-sized ridged tube of pasta cut at diagonal. Cream, tomato, and meat-based sauces go well with the pasta. The consistency of these sauces shouldn’t be chunky as sauces won’t flow through the tubes. You might have had Penne Arrabiatta which is nothing, but penne tossed in Arrabiatta sauce made from garlic, dried red chilli peppers, and tomatoes cooked in olive oil.
16. Pappardelle with Zucchini, Anchovies, and Mint
Pappardelle is a flat ribbon of pasta. It is similar to fettuccine as it can hold thick sauces. The recipe is of Pappardelle with Zucchini, Anchovies, and Mint. Zucchini is tossed in olive oil with salt and garlic. Boiled pasta ribbons are added and topped with anchovies, mint, oil, and chives.
17. Lasagna Soup
Lasagne is a large, wide, flat sheets of pasta. Lasagne soup has layers of lasagne sauce, cheese, and meats layered to make a casserole. It can also be used in soups. This dish captures all the flavours present in a traditional lasagne in a liquid form i.e. cheese, sausage, tomato sauce, and pasta.
18. Cannelloni with Basil Tomato Sauce
Cannelloni is a cylindrical pasta stuffed with fillings of minced meat or spinach and ricotta. These are then covered with Béchamel and tomato sauce. In this recipe, sausage is spiced in basil tomato sauce and filled in the pasta. Marinara sauce and basil leaves are added to finish it off.
19. Twisted Rotini Pasta
Twisted Rotinis are versatile pasta as they grab everything around them. Every bite is full of flavours as they stick perfectly to any cheesy sauce.
20. Orecchiette Pasta
Orecchiette Pasta is a cup-shaped pasta and can hold many sauces. They absorb all the flavours, and every bite is a treat. This pasta is Orecchiette Pasta which is tossed in Italian sausage, sun-dried tomatoes, broccoli, and olives.
