The difference
Fettuccine vs Mafaldine
Both are flat ribbons, but fettuccine has clean straight edges while mafaldine is wider with a ruffle running down both sides. Those frills are the point of mafaldine, catching a sauce a smooth edge would let slip. Fettuccine leans on butter and cream, mafaldine wants something with body to grab.
Mafaldine
- Family
- Ribbons
- Size
- 260 mm long
- Surface
- Smooth
- Cook
- 8 to 11 min
Wants: Neapolitan ragu, Ricotta sauce, Ragu
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