Long pasta
Pizzoccheri
Quick answer
Pizzoccheri are short buckwheat ribbons from Valtellina.
Pizzoccheri means "local name" in Italian.
Best sauces: potatoes, cabbage, butter, Valtellina Casera cheese. 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
- Lombardy (Valtellina)
- Best with
- potatoes, cabbage, butter, Valtellina Casera cheese
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