strozzapreti - not only is it a great shape for holding sauce and fun to eat, it’s got a delightful name: the “priest strangler”
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It looks sooooo good:
Dont think I’ve had it but I’m sold already. Going to keep my eye open for some priest stranglers now
It’s a handmade pasta, so you probably will see it in nicer restaurants rather than stores, but if you have a place that makes fresh pasta in your town that’s another place to look. Or make them yourself!
Fusilli. The spiral shape allows the right amount of pasta sauce to stick to it so you get a nice pasta-to-sauce ratio.
that’s like picking a favorite child, and it’s timmy, and penne
Farfalle is the correct answer
It’s the fanciest pasta - always wearing a bow tie.
Whichever one is currently working it’s way into my mouth.
Hey, it’s me, your pasta.
I take it back. This shape sucks.
It’s completely dish dependent, but if there’s sauce involved I prefer a rigati (ridged) pasta.
This is my answer too. I like different noodles with spaghetti sauce than I do with alfredo. You wouldn’t want elbows in lasagna. This is why we have so many variations.
Disagree, I don’t think having a favorite is dish dependent. You probably have a favorite pasta dish and your preferred noodle for it. Probably your favorite shape.
Alphabetti Spaghetti
I make no apologies.
Spaghetters
Cascatelli really is the best shape. I also like rotini
Pipe rigate for cheese based sauces, fusilli (rigatoni) for tomato based sauces.
Conchiglie, the medium size of shells.
That pillow shape if it’s filled with parmesan.
People like hating on elbow but I think it’s quite nice… cavatappi gives me anxiety. I do also really love a standard flat square ravioli.
Bowtie pasta.
It’s alphaghetti for yuppies.
Some dude invented a new pasta shape in the last few years called cascatelli (little waterfall)
NPR did a segment on it
Spaghetti/capellini/linguini. Wrapping pasta on the fork is part of the fun!
Alternatively, fusilli.
Penne and other hollow variations are among the least favorite because they can retain a bit of water inside and getting that onto your tongue is not fun.
