Tube pasta
Mezze Maniche
Quick answer
Mezze maniche are short, wide ridged tubes, half the length of rigatoni.
Mezze Maniche means "half sleeves" in Italian.
Best sauces: carbonara, amatriciana. 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
- Tube
- Origin
- Lazio
- Best with
- carbonara, amatriciana
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