Short pasta
Farfalle
Quick answer
Farfalle are bow-tie pasta pinched in the middle.
Farfalle means "butterflies" in Italian.
Best sauces: cream sauces, salmon, peas, salads. 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
- Lombardy / Emilia-Romagna
- Best with
- cream sauces, salmon, peas, salads
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