Alphabet pasta
Also known as: alfabeto, letter pasta, alphabet soup pasta
Tiny dry pasta shaped like letters, cooked in broth and soups and made from durum wheat semolina and water.
Alphabet pasta is tiny dry pasta shaped like letters, made for cooking in soup. De Cecco places its Alfabeto among the minute pasta formats cooked in broth, and Arrighi's Pasta Alfabeto is shaped as letters and numbers.
Producers present it as pasta for children. De Cecco says it was invented to stimulate children's imagination: it is commonly eaten in baby food and vegetable soups and gives a first introduction to reading.
Dry pasta of this kind is made from durum wheat semolina and water; Arrighi lists exactly these two ingredients. Check the packet of the brand you buy, because ingredients differ between producers.
Cooking times depend on the producer: De Cecco gives 4 minutes for its Alfabeto n° 173 and Arrighi 6 minutes for its Pasta Alfabeto.
De Cecco recommends it for clear soups such as broth or consommé, with croutons or vegetables cut in julienne strips, and also for thick creamy soups. Arrighi suggests soups or broth, or simple dressings such as oil with grated Parmesan.
Facts
What it includes
- 3 Glocken Die mag ich Buchstaben
- ALB-GOLD Buchstaben
- Bernbacher Die Guten Buchstaben
- Birkel's No.1 Buchstaben
- De Cecco Alfabeto n.173
- De Cecco Alfabeto n.173 Biologico
- De Cecco Alfabeto n.673 all'uovo
- Di Martino Alfabeto
- Di Martino Alfabeto Barbie
- Felicetti Alfabeto Bio
- Gallo Letras
- Gentile Le Letterine
- La Fabbrica della Pasta L'Alfabeto Completo IGP
- Lubella Alfabet do Zupy
- Panzani Alphabets
- Pâtes Grand'Mère Alphabets
- Recheis Familie Buchstaben
- Recheis Goldmarke Buchstaben
- Sorrentino Alfabeto Primi Pasti
- Tress Suppeneinlagen Buchstaben
- Valfleuri Alphabet
How it connects to Pasta
Alphabet pasta → kind of → Dry durum wheat pasta → kind of → 🍝 Pasta
Links
- What it contains
- Semolina, 🌾 Durum wheat
- Part of
- Dry durum wheat pasta
- Similar and different
- Stelline, Acini di pepe, Di Martino Barbie, Sorrentino Primi Pasti, Valfleuri Pâtes Enfants, Pâtes Grand'Mère Soupes et potages, Gallo Sopas, Birkel's No.1, Panzani Pâtes à potage et salade, 3 Glocken Die mag ich
Frequently asked questions
How long do you cook alphabet pasta?
Producers differ: De Cecco gives 4 minutes, Arrighi 6 minutes. Follow the time on the packet.
What can you make with alphabet pasta?
Clear broths and consommé, vegetable soups and thick creamy soups; Arrighi also suggests simple dressings such as oil and grated Parmesan.
Does alphabet pasta contain egg?
Arrighi's Pasta Alfabeto lists only durum wheat semolina and water, and it contains gluten. Ingredients differ between producers, so read the packet, especially for allergies.
What to read next
- Semolina — Coarse, yellowish meal ground from durum wheat: the main raw material of dry pasta.
- Stelline — Tiny star-shaped pasta of the pastina family, cooked in broth and soups; the dry kind is made from durum wheat semolina.
- Di Martino Barbie — Di Martino's children's dry pasta line made with Barbie: alphabet pasta, farfalle, pennette, lumachine, orzo and spaghetti.
- 🌾 Durum wheat — A wheat species with very hard grain and strong gluten, milled into semolina for dry pasta and couscous.
- Acini di pepe — Very small dry soup pasta in tiny bead shapes, “peppercorns” in Italian, made from durum wheat semolina and water.
Similar
Vermicelli · Stelline · Fregula · Acini di pepe · Gemelli · Rotelle
Sources
- DPR 9 febbraio 2001, n. 187 — Normattiva
- De Cecco — Alfabeto n° 173 (product page)
- Pasta Berruto (Arrighi) — Pasta Alfabeto 102 (product page)