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Why: On "The 10 Types of Pasta You Should Know How to Pronounce" on Lemondrop:
One more related pasta, for extra credit: gnudi (nyOO-dee), which comes from the word for nude and means "nude dumpling." The pasta is a ricotta ravioli with no pasta on the outside. (This does beg the question of what, exactly, defines a pasta, but as we found out, that's a whole different blog post ...)That sounds so good.
Answer: Omg.
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The More You Know: Is it pasta? I don't think so:
pasta n. Any of a variety of edible unleavened doughey preparations made from flour, eggs and water, originating inAlthough according to this recipe, gnudi does have egg and a little flour in it. Make it tonight!Italy , and shaped into various forms, such as solid strings (as spaghetti), hollow tubes, or layered squares (ravioli). They may be mixed with various sauces, often having a tomato base, or filled with meat or cheese fillings.
I could barely make Rice-A-Roni the other day. I can't even imagine making that. I bet Bertoli or Butoni makes a good version though... I had that for the first time about a month ago, and it was totally worth the $6 a package.
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