Cavatelli
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| Category | Shaped pasta |
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| Pronunciation | cah-vah-TELL-lee |
| Literal meaning | From the verb 'cavare': to hollow |
| Characteristic | Short and solid length, resembles tiny hot dog bun. |
| Dish ideas | Cavatelli with tomato and marzotica ricotta |
| Cavatelli with baby arugula and potatoes | |
| Possible substitutes | Orecchiette |
| Rotini | |
| Malloreddus | |
| Gnocchetti | |
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| ID | 992522 |
About Cavatelli
Cavatelli are small pasta shells from eggless semolina dough that look like miniature hot dog buns, commonly cooked with garlic and broccoli or broccoli rabe. A variant adds ricotta cheese to the dough mix.
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