Bucatini is nice. Or pappardelle.
Lots of americans from these answers but it entirely depends on the sauce. Some types of pasta dont necessarily work with certain dishes. Some sauces work with multiple types… try making a carbonara with penne or a mac and cheese which seems to be a popular choice here with spaghetti, they just wont work as dishes. Maybe some people jist eat the same pasta dish all the type and thats how they are basimg their answers.
Ziti’s no-nonsense. Dead simple, and great.
strozzapreti - not only is it a great shape for holding sauce and fun to eat, it’s got a delightful name: the “priest strangler”
E: typos
It looks sooooo good:
Dont think I’ve had it but I’m sold already. Going to keep my eye open for some priest stranglers now
It’s a handmade pasta, so you probably will see it in nicer restaurants rather than stores, but if you have a place that makes fresh pasta in your town that’s another place to look. Or make them yourself!
Fusilli. The spiral shape allows the right amount of pasta sauce to stick to it so you get a nice pasta-to-sauce ratio.
that’s like picking a favorite child, and it’s timmy, and penne
Farfalle is the correct answer
It’s the fanciest pasta - always wearing a bow tie.
Whichever one is currently working it’s way into my mouth.
Hey, it’s me, your pasta.
I take it back. This shape sucks.
Alphabetti Spaghetti
I make no apologies.
Spaghetters
Cascatelli really is the best shape. I also like rotini
It’s completely dish dependent, but if there’s sauce involved I prefer a rigati (ridged) pasta.
This is my answer too. I like different noodles with spaghetti sauce than I do with alfredo. You wouldn’t want elbows in lasagna. This is why we have so many variations.
Conchiglie, the medium size of shells.
Pipe rigate for cheese based sauces, fusilli (rigatoni) for tomato based sauces.
That pillow shape if it’s filled with parmesan.
I’m a ho for orecchiette, I just love how toothsome it is. Maybe not the absolute #1 for sauce retention but I’m all about that texture.
