We personally like the noodle-type pasta in this dish: spaghetti, linguine, tagliatelle... Various other pasta shapes are designed to scoop up and retain a lot of sauce in their nooks and crannies, but since lemon ricotta sauce is creamy, you simply need the pasta covered in it, rather than have large amounts hiding in the cavities. If you want to learn more about pasta shapes, head to our article on Home-Made Pasta: Three Easy Pasta Dough Recipes & Ten Different Shapes.