The difference
Alfabeto vs Ditalini
Both are tiny soup shapes, but alfabeto are little letters stamped flat, the alphabet pasta, while ditalini are short ridged tubes. One is a thin shaped letter, the other a small hollow thimble. Ditalini carries a brothier soup, alfabeto is the playful one kids fish for.
Alfabeto
- Family
- Pastina
- Size
- 10 mm long
- Surface
- Textured
- Cook
- 8 min
Wants: Broth, Butter and parmesan, Tomato sauce
Ditalini
- Family
- Pastina
- Size
- 4 to 8 mm long
- Surface
- Ridged
- Cook
- 7 to 11 min
Wants: Bean and legume soups, Broth, Tomato sauce
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See the full profiles for Alfabeto and Ditalini, or compare more shapes.
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