Penne (pronounced /ˈpɛni/ (UK), or /ˈpɛneɪ/ (US)) is a type of pasta with cylinder shaped pieces, usually with a ridged surface with the ends cut diagonally. Pasta ( Italian for "dough" is a generic term for Italian variants of Noodles. A cylinder is one of the most basic curvilinear geometric shapes the Surface formed by the points at a fixed distance from a given Straight line, the axis The same or similar shape is also called mostaccioli and ziti, which also refer to particular dishes made from penne-shaped pasta. [1] Penne is the plural form of the Italian penna, deriving from Latin penna (meaning "feather" or "quill"). Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering or Plumage, on Birds They are considered the most complex integumentary structures Quill is a high level object oriented Programming language created by the Dutch software company Quintiq.
In Italy, penne are produced in two variants: "penne lisce" (smooth) and "penne rigate" (furrowed), the latter having ridges on each noodle.
Penne is traditionally cooked to al dente and served with pasta sauces such as pesto. In Cooking, the adjective al dente (æl ˈdɛnteɪ describes Pasta and (less commonly Rice that has been cooked so as to be firm but not hard Pesto ( Italian, Genoese) is a Sauce that originates in the city of Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy ( Penne is a popular ingredient in pasta salads.
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Dishes and names
Generally, the dish "mostaccioli" means the pasta served with marinara sauce and, possibly, baked in a casserole, a staple of American school cafeterias and Italian-American weddings. This article is about the sauces often used with pasta In some countries "tomato sauce" is also used to refer to the condiment Ketchup. InfosysElectronicCityCafeteriaJPG|thumb|250px|right|One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus Infosys Technologies Ltd An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship
The word mostaccioli can also refer to a kind of cookie, historically sweetened with grape must or mosto. In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small flat-baked treat usually round containing milk flour eggs and sugar etc MUST may refer to Militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten, the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service Misr University [2]
Zito is Italian for "bridegroom. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. " (Ziti is plural). Although the common form of modern ziti is about 5 cm (2 inches) long, the name makes more sense when considering the classic form of ziti, which was over 45 cm (18 inches) long.
Baked ziti is a popular baked Italian casserole dish made with ziti macaroni and sauce. Italian cuisine as a national Cuisine known today has evolved through centuries of social and political changes with its roots traced back to 4th century BC A casserole, from the French for "saucepan" is a large deep pot or dish used both in the Oven and as a serving dish thumb|right|200px|Macaroni thumb|right|200px|Macaroni and cheese Macaroni is a kind of moderately extended machine-made dry Pasta. In many recipes, the ziti are first cooked separately while a tomato and cheese sauce is prepared, which may include meat, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, onions, and more. The tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum, syn Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a herbaceous usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation. In Cooking, a sauce is Liquid or sometimes semi- Solid food served on or used in preparing other Foods Sauces are not consumed by themselves In modern English usage meat most often refers to Animal tissue used as food mostly Skeletal muscle and associated Fat, but it may also refer A sausage is a prepared Food, usually made from Ground meat, animal fat salt and Spices (sometimes with other ingredients such as herbs typically packed A mushroom is the fleshy Spore -bearing Fruiting body of a Fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source "Green pepper" redirects here For green peppercorns see Black pepper. Organicsalsajpg||thumb|right|Onions used in salsa.]]Cooked onions in frying pan The cooked and drained ziti are then combined with the cooked sauce, which may be layered with additional varieties of cheeses, baked in the oven, and served hot. A similar al forno dish with a different type of pasta is baked mostaccioli which, in Italian means (loosely) "of the chicken". In cooking al forno is an Italian phrase describing food that is "at/from the oven"
Notes and references
- Giada De Laurentiis, Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes, Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2005.
- Marguerite DiMino Buonopane, The North End Italian Cookbook, Globe Pequot Press, 2004.
- John Mariani, The Italian-American Cookbook: A Feast of Food from a Great American Cooking Tradition, Harvard Common Press, 2000.
External links
Baked ziti
- Baked ziti with turkey meatballs recipe at Epicurious.com
- Baked ziti with sausage recipe at About.com
- Vegan baked ziti recipe from vegan.com
- Very simple baked ziti recipe at Kraftfoods.com
- Baked Ziti at ifood.tv
- Four-cheese baked ziti recipe at AllRecipes.com
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