Penne

Type of pasta

For other uses, see Penne (disambiguation).

"Pennoni" redirects here. For the college, see Pennoni Honors College.

Penne

Penne lisce: the exterior of this pasta has a smooth surface.

Type| Pasta
Place of origin| Italy
Main ingredients| Durum
Variations| Penne lisce, penne rigate, pennoni, mostaccioli

* Media: Penne

Penne (Italian: [ˈpenne]) are an extruded type of pasta in the shape of tubular pieces with ends cut at an angle. They are usually made from wheat flour.

## Etymology

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Penne is the plural form of the Italian penna (meaning "feather", but "pen" as well), deriving from Latin penna (meaning "feather" or "quill"), and is a cognate of the English word "pen". When this shape was created, it was intended to imitate the then-ubiquitous steel nib of fountain and dip pens.[1]

## Origins

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Penne are one of the few pasta shapes with a certain date of birth: in 1865, Giovanni Battista Capurro, a pasta maker from San Martino d'Albaro (Genoa), obtained a patent for a diagonal cutting machine. His invention cut the fresh pasta into a pen shape without crushing it, in a size varying between 3 cm (1 in) mezze penne (lit. 'half pens') and 5 cm (2 in) penne (lit. 'pens').[1][2]

## Description and variations

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Cooked mezze penne rigate, showing its ridged surface

In Italy, penne are produced in two main variants: penne lisce ("smooth") and penne rigate ("lined"), the latter having ridges on each penna. Pennoni is a wider version of penne.[3] In English-language contexts, a version is called mostaccioli ("little moustaches") by various manufacturers, which may be either smooth or ridged in texture.[4][5]

## Dishes

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Penne is traditionally cooked al dente and its shape makes it particularly adapted for sauces, such as pesto, marinara or arrabbiata. The latter has been celebrated several times in Italian movies, notably in Marco Ferreri's La Grande Bouffe and Federico Fellini's Roma.[6]

### Penne alla Salvatore Fiume

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According to Vincenzo Buonassisi, Salvatore Fiume won a writer's cooking contest in Gardone with a baked penne rigate dish resembling the Italian flag which was later named Penne alla Salvatore Fiume. The dish features butter, olive oil, crushed tomatoes, oregano, parmesan, mozzarella, and basil.[7]

## See also

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Media related to Penne (pasta) at Wikimedia Commons

* Italy portal
* Food portal

* Cuisine of Liguria
* List of pasta

## References

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1. ^ a b "Penne? In origine erano con lo zafferano" (in Italian). Welovepasta.it. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
2. ^ "Mezze Penne Rigate n° 141 Integrali - Pasta De Cecco" (in Italian). Dececco.com. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
3. ^ "Pasta Shapes". Thenibble.com. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
4. ^ "Creamette - Our Products - Mostaccioli Rigati". Pasta-products-creamette.newworldpasta.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
5. ^ "Barilla - Mostaccioli". Barilla Pasta. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
6. ^ Giorgioni, Livio (2002). La grande abbuffata : percorsi cinematografici fra trame e ricette (in Italian). Pontiggia, Federico, 1978-, Ronconi, Marco, 1972-. Cantalupa (Torino): Effatà. p. 25\. ISBN 9788874020225. OCLC 50875311.
7. ^ Buonassisi, Vincenzo (2020). The Pasta Codex. New York, New York: Rizzoli International Publications. p. 86\. ISBN 978-0-8478-6874-2.

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* San Remo

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