| When one mentions Italy, 3 things come to mind - | | | | Farfalle |
| soccer, pizza and pasta. Marcatopasta machines are | | | | Lasagne |
| also synonymous with Italy. | | | | Spaghetti |
| Pasta is the generic term for a meal prepared from | | | | Vermicelli |
| unleavened dough, water and flour. To add to the | | | | Conchiglioni |
| flavour, eggs and vegetable extracts are thrown into | | | | Cannelloni |
| the mix. | | | | Fusilli |
| There is a widespread belief that pasta originated | | | | Macaroni |
| from China. The renowned traveller, Marco Polo, first | | | | Fettuccine |
| brought the noodles to Italy. Many researches have | | | | The most well-known ones are spaghetti and |
| tried to disprove this. But no one has conclusive proof | | | | macaroni. |
| that the Italians were the first to make pizza. | | | | You will notice that Italian pasta names often end with |
| There are two kinds of pasta - fresh and dried. Under | | | | the masculine plural suffixes -ini, -elli, -illi, -etti or the |
| ideal conditions, dried pasta made without eggs can be | | | | feminine plurals - ine, -elle etc. , all giving an impression |
| stored for up to two years while fresh pasta must be | | | | of "little"; or with -oni, -one, meaning "great". Many other |
| refrigerated if you want to eat it a few days later. | | | | suffixes like - otti "largish" and -acci "rough", "badly |
| Prior to eating, the pasta is boiled in hot water. It can | | | | made" may appear too. All pasta type names are |
| be made into an appetizing food when eaten with | | | | plural in Italian. |
| spices, sauces, meat, cheese and cream. Get some | | | | Marcatopasta machines and others manufactured in |
| popular pasta recipes and wow guests with your | | | | Italy give you the opportunity to prepare and enjoy |
| culinary skills! | | | | homemade pasta. Regardless of whether you choose |
| There are hundreds of different sizes and shapes of | | | | the manual version or the electric model, with the |
| pasta with localized names. As the different kinds of | | | | proper care of your machine, you should be able to |
| pasta are too numerous to mention, I will simply list a | | | | enjoy pasta with either machine for a very long time. |
| few below: | | | | Both types can be bought from the store. |