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Language: Italian

Description: Long hollow pasta, thicker than spaghetti at around 3.0 mm, from Campanian and Calabria. Traditionally eaten either "alla napoletana" or a with a ragù alla genovese, usually with grated parmesan or pecorino cheese.


Pronounced: pehr-chyah-tehl-LOH-nee
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Most frequent region: Campania

See places: Italian food and cuisine, Campania, Naples

See foods and dishes: Parmigiano-Reggiano, pasta, pecorino, ragù alla napoletana, spaghetti |