orecchiete pasta

by Jill
(Surrey)

orecchiete

What is orecchiete pasta like?

Well Jill, the best answer is the photo. This shape of pasta is typical from Puglia region (Southern Italy) and its most known recipe is with broccoli.

There are similar shapes of pasta. In Sardinia, for example, they call it "macarrones de punzu", which means hand noodles because of the movement made with the hand to have that shape - the dough is divided in many long strips and then cut with thumbs. Cooking pasta has a lot to do with its dressing, and this pasta also matches a good ragu - meat sauce, with abbundant grated cheese.
All the best, Linda.