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Pick Pasta for Perfect Purpose: Orecchiette
by jillbcooks 10/13/2009 9:10:00 PM

When it comes to pasta, my husband loves spaghetti.  I have to say that it is my least favorite type of noodle.  It is messy, hard to eat, and I love chunky sauce, which spaghetti does no favors for.  Enter my new favorite pasta shape: orecchiette.  It comes from the word for ear in Italian, and is translates literally as “little ears.” The pasta is round with a concave surface, which catches tasty bits of sauce, meat or vegetables.  I like that orecchiette easier to eat as well, since it can b...


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Tags: dinner, Italian sausage, orecchiette, pasta