Pasta: The Shape and the Sauce
Spaghetti, penne, tagliatelle… can you match each pasta shape to the sauce that loves it?
What this quiz asks
- 1Which herb gives "pesto alla genovese" its bright green colour?
- 2On an Italian menu, "al dente" means the pasta is cooked how?
- 3Which short, little-elbow-shaped pasta is the star of mac and cheese?
- 4A true carbonara binds the spaghetti with cheese, pepper and above all what?
- 5In Bologna, the famous meat ragù is traditionally served with which pasta?
- 6Penne "rigate" have fine grooves along the sides. What are they mainly for?
- 7"Farfalle" are named after an Italian insect. What shape are they?
- 8The Roman sauce "cacio e pepe" is made with pepper and above all which cheese?
- 9The sauce "all'arrabbiata" means "angry" because of which ingredient?
- 10Orecchiette, typical of Puglia, are named for looking like what?
