Shaped Pasta (Handmade)
Hand-shaped pasta brings together formats made with distinct finger, palm or twisting movements.
- Shape
- An editorial pasta family
- Examples
- Orecchiette, trofie and lorighittas
Orecchiette, trofie and lorighittas
Compare orecchiette’s concave disks, trofie’s palm-twisted pieces and lorighittas’ twisted rings. Our suggestion: follow each shape’s regional recipe, beginning with turnip tops, pesto or tomato respectively.

