The difference
Acini di pepe vs Alfabeto
Both are tiny soup pastina, but acini di pepe are round beads like peppercorns, while alfabeto are flat stamped letters. The bead is a solid speck, the letter a thin shaped piece. Acini di pepe scatters through broth, alfabeto is the alphabet pasta children pick out.
Acini di pepe
- Family
- Pastina
- Size
- not yet measured
- Surface
- Smooth
- Cook
- 9 to 11 min
Wants: Broth, Butter and parmesan
Alfabeto
- Family
- Pastina
- Size
- 10 mm long
- Surface
- Textured
- Cook
- 8 min
Wants: Broth, Butter and parmesan, Tomato sauce
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