Removed from Macro Mondays Ribbon Theme - Ribbon Pasta!
Ribbon pasta, which is flat strands of pasta, is available in different lengths, widths and thickness. Some are short and wide, while others are long and narrow. Ribbon pasta can have straight or wavy edges and many varieties are available fresh and dried.
The most well known varieties of ribbon pasta are Fettucine, Linguine, Tagliatelle, Lasange and Pappardelle and are generally made from durum wheat, that is semolina in Southern Italy and wheat flour and eggs in Northern Italy. You might know of pizzoccheri though, which is made from buckwheat and is a darker, almost grey colour.
We used to buy a lot of coloured tagliatelle. If you see green pasta, it has spinach in it. Black varieties use squid ink whilst red types are that colour due to the addition of carrot surprisingly. One colour that I have never seen before is a purple colour that evidently is coloured by tomato or beetroot!
Removed from Macro Mondays Ribbon Theme - Ribbon Pasta!
Ribbon pasta, which is flat strands of pasta, is available in different lengths, widths and thickness. Some are short and wide, while others are long and narrow. Ribbon pasta can have straight or wavy edges and many varieties are available fresh and dried.
The most well known varieties of ribbon pasta are Fettucine, Linguine, Tagliatelle, Lasange and Pappardelle and are generally made from durum wheat, that is semolina in Southern Italy and wheat flour and eggs in Northern Italy. You might know of pizzoccheri though, which is made from buckwheat and is a darker, almost grey colour.
We used to buy a lot of coloured tagliatelle. If you see green pasta, it has spinach in it. Black varieties use squid ink whilst red types are that colour due to the addition of carrot surprisingly. One colour that I have never seen before is a purple colour that evidently is coloured by tomato or beetroot!