Mafaldine

Type of pasta

Media: Mafaldine

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Mafalde pasta in a vodka sauce
Type	Pasta
Place of origin	Italy
Media: Mafalde

Mafaldine, also known as reginette (Italian for 'little queens') or simply mafalda or mafalde, is a type of ribbon-shaped pasta.

History

It comes from the Naples area, where they were once called fettuccelle ricce.^[1] Mafaldine were named in honor of the birth of Princess Mafalda of Savoy (thus the alternative name "little queens").^[2]

Mafaldine is prepared similarly to other ribbon-based pasta such as linguine and fettuccine. It is flat and wide, usually about 1 cm (½ inch) in width, with wavy edges on both sides with a curl at the ends that remains well defined even after cooking.^[3]

Tripoline

Tripoline (Italian: [tripoˈliːne]) is a type of ribbon pasta noodles, similar to mafaldine. It is a thick ribbon ridged on one side,^[4] and is often found in baked pasta dishes.

It is believed that this pasta shape originated in the Campania region,^[5] where according to popular tradition, it was created in Naples in honour of King Victor Emmanuel II.

In the 1930s, Fascist Italy celebrated its colonial empire by creating new forms of pasta reminiscent of its African possessions: tripoline (Tripoli), bengazine (Benghazi), assabesi (Assab) and abissine (Abyssinia).

References

^ "Mafaldine", DeCecco
^ Phillips, Kyle. "Reginette". about.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
^ "Mafaldine (Reginette)", Gusti d’Italia S.r.l
^ "Tripoline". Granoro. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
^ "Tripoline", National Pasta Association

External links

Mafaldine at the Pasta Project

Pasta

Types

Long pastas	Bigoli Bucatini Busiate Capellini Fettuccine Fileja Lasagnette Lasagnotte Linguettine Linguine Mafaldine Pappardelle Pici Spaghetti Stringozzi Stroncatura Tagliatelle Taglierini Trenette Tripoline Troccoli Vermicelli
Short pastas	Calamarata Campanelle Casarecce Cascatelli Cavatappi Cavatelli Cencioni Conchiglie Corzetti Farfalle Fiori Foglie d'ulivo Fusi Garganelli Gemelli Gnocchi Lanterne Lorighittas Macaroni Malloreddus Orecchiette Paccheri Passatelli Penne Pillus Pizzoccheri Radiatori Rigatoni Rotelle Sagnarelli Scialatelli Sedani Su Filindeu Testaroli Tortiglioni Trofie Ziti
Pastina	Acini di pepe Alphabet pasta Anelli Ditalini Fregula Orzo Stelline
Stuffed pastas	Agnolini Agnolotti Pavese Piedmontese Cappelletti Casoncelli Casunziei Cjarsons Culurgiones Fagottini Mezzelune Ravioli Sacchettoni Sorrentinos Tortellini Tortelli Tortelloni
Other or variable	Cannelloni Fusilli Lasagna Occhi di lupo Strozzapreti Vincisgrassi

Cooking

Producers

Italian	Agnesi Bertagni Barilla Buitoni De Cecco La Molisana Poiatti Rana Rigo Voiello
American	National Pasta Association A. Zerega's Sons, Inc. C.F. Mueller Company New World Pasta American Italian Pasta Company V. La Rosa and Sons Macaroni Company