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maccheroncelli
small thin pasta tubes, often ridged
Generally speaking, both maccheroncelli and maccheroncini are roughly the width of pencils. The classic version from Emilia has the ridges 'combed on' (al pettine). Perciatelli are similar.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Paolo Piscolla