Long pasta
Lagane
Quick answer
Lagane are wide, short ribbons, one of the oldest documented pasta forms.
Lagane means "an ancient Roman word" in Italian.
Best sauces: chickpeas (lagane e ceci). 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
- Long
- Origin
- Basilicata / Calabria
- Best with
- chickpeas (lagane e ceci)
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