It's pasta-tutely amazing! Make sure you come see us sooner rather than later, because we run out fast! Our pasta is in high demand, and our Lancaster locals love it. Here are some of our options of fresh, homemade pastas and short descriptions of what they are.
Manicotti in Italian means "muff", "little sleeve" or "little shirtsleeve". It is an Italian American kind of pasta.They are very large pasta tubes, usually ridged, that are intended to be stuffed and baked.
Rotini is a type of helix- or corkscrew-shaped pasta. The name comes from an Italian word meaning "small wheels". They are often used in pasta salads with pesto, Carbonara or tomato-based sauces.
Capelli d'angelo, meaning angel hair in Italian is a thinner kind of spaghetti with a diameter between 0.031 and 0.035 in. It is often sold in a nest-like shape and used as a substition for spaghetti.
Fettuccine refers to a type of pasta is shaped like long, flat ribbons. Indeed, the word "fettuccine" means "small ribbons" in Italian. It is a flat and thick pasta that can be either fresh or dried.
In Italy, the noun maccheroni refers to straight, tubular, short-length pasta. It is dry pasta shaped like narrow tubes. Made with durum wheat, macaroni is commonly cut in short lengths; curved macaroni may be referred to as elbow macaroni.
Farfalle are a type of pasta/noodle commonly known as bow-tie pasta or butterfly pasta that is pinched in the middle to make scalloped edges. A larger variation of farfalle is known as farfalloni, while the miniature version is called farfalline.
