Short pasta
Cavatelli
Quick answer
Cavatelli are small curled shells of semolina dough dragged with a finger.
Cavatelli means "little hollows" in Italian.
Best sauces: broccoli rabe, sausage, ragù. Match the shape to the sauce — long thin pasta for oil and light sauces, tubes and ridges for chunky or meaty sauces, flat egg ribbons for rich ragù and butter.
- Type
- Short
- Origin
- Molise / Puglia
- Best with
- broccoli rabe, sausage, ragù
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