Small tube pasta
Ditalini
Quick answer
Ditalini are tiny short tubes used mainly in soups.
Ditalini means "little thimbles" in Italian.
Best sauces: pasta e fagioli, minestrone. 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
- Small tube
- Origin
- Campania / Sicily
- Best with
- pasta e fagioli, minestrone
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