List of pasta dishes information

Pasta is a staple food^[1] of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily.^[2] It is also commonly used to refer to the variety of pasta dishes. Pasta is typically a noodle traditionally made from an unleavened dough of durum wheat flour mixed with water and formed into sheets and cut, or extruded into various shapes, then cooked and served in a number of dishes. It can be made with flour from other cereals or grains, and eggs may be used instead of water.

Each traditional pasta dish is defined by a specific kind of pasta, a specific cooking style, and a specific sauce or condiment. There are large number of evolutions and variants of the traditional dishes. Pasta is also often used as a complementary ingredient in some soups, but these are not considered "pasta dishes" (except for the category pasta in brodo or 'pasta in broth').^[3]

The various kinds of pasta are categorized as: pasta secca (dried pasta), pasta fresca (fresh pasta), pasta all’uovo (egg pasta), pasta ripiena (filled pasta or stuffed pasta, like ravioli), gnocchi (soft dough dumplings). The cooking styles are categorized in: pasta asciutta (or pastasciutta, in which the pasta is boiled and then dressed with a complementary sauce or condiment), pasta al forno (baked pasta, in which the pasta is incorporated into a dish, along with the sauce or condiment and subsequently baked), and pasta in brodo (pasta in broth, in which the pasta is cooked and served in a broth, usually made of meat). Pasta sauces (mostly used for pasta asciutta and pasta al forno) are categorized into two broad groups: sughi rossi (red sauces, with tomatoes) and sughi bianchi (white sauces, without tomatoes).

^ Ehrlich, Richard (6 May 2009). "Process of Elimination". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ McClatchey, Caroline (15 June 2011). "How pasta became the world's favourite food". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^ "Retrieved 21 March 2012". Italianfood.about.com. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[1] Ehrlich, Richard (6 May 2009). "Process of Elimination". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

[2] McClatchey, Caroline (15 June 2011). "How pasta became the world's favourite food". BBC. Retrieved 23 March 2012.

[3] "Retrieved 21 March 2012". Italianfood.about.com. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

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