The difference
Orzo vs Stelline
Both are little soup pasta, but orzo is shaped like a grain of rice and stelline is a small star. Orzo is big enough to behave like a risotto or a salad base, stelline is smaller, made for broth and the bowls of children.
Orzo
- Family
- Pastina
- Size
- 11 mm long
- Surface
- Smooth
- Cook
- 5 to 11 min
Wants: Broth, Butter and parmesan, Tomato sauce
Stelline
- Family
- Pastina
- Size
- 4.25 mm across
- Surface
- Smooth
- Cook
- 4 to 7 min
Wants: Broth, Butter and parmesan, Tomato sauce
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