define: pasta
In Italian, pasta means paste, and refers to a dough made of durum wheat flour combined with a liquid, usually water or milk. Almost every country has a form of pasta. Pasta describes a wide variety of noodles made from this type of dough. Some doughs have egg added, although doughs made with only four and eggs are generally referred to as noodles. Anelli / Aniline: small rings, anellini being the smallest version. Bucatini / Bucatoni: Long