Stelline
Also known as: little stars, star pasta, stelle
Tiny star-shaped pasta of the pastina family, cooked in broth and soups; the dry kind is made from durum wheat semolina.
Stelline ("little stars") are tiny star-shaped pasta of the pastina family, small pasta cooked in broth. Garofalo describes its Stelline n° 24 as a small star-shaped pasta with a hole in the middle, a classic pastina for broth, made from durum wheat semolina and bronze-drawn.
De Cecco sells the same format as Stellette n° 75 and says it belongs to the minute pasta family cooked in broth. It suits clear soups such as broth or consommé, with croutons or vegetables cut in julienne, and also thick creamy or velvety soups.
Under Italian law (DPR 187/2001, arts. 6 and 8), dry pasta is made from durum wheat semolina, and pasta sold as egg pasta contains at least four whole eggs, 200 g per kilogram of semolina.
Cooking time: Garofalo gives 5 minutes for Stelline n° 24, De Cecco 6 minutes for Stellette n° 75.
Facts
What it includes
- 3 Glocken Die mag ich Sternchen
- ALB-GOLD Sternchen
- Agnesi Stelline n.73
- Barilla Emiliane Stelline
- Barilla Stelline n.27
- Benedetto Cavalieri Stelline n.10
- Bernbacher Die Guten Sternchen
- Colavita Stars (Stelle)
- De Cecco Stellette n.75
- De Cecco Stellette n.75 Biologiche
- De Cecco Stellette n.75 Integrali
- De Cecco Stelline n.675 all'uovo
- Delverde Stelline n.73
- Di Martino Stelline
- Divella Stelline n.74
- Ducato d'Amalfi Stelline
- Felicetti Stellette
- Felicetti Stellette all'Uovo
- Felicetti Stelline Kamut Bio
- Filiz Yıldız Şehriye
- Gallo Estrellas
- Garofalo Stelline n.24
- Garofalo Stelline n.5-103 Integrali
- Gentile Stelline
- Granoro Stelline n.74
- La Molisana Stelline integrali n.59
- La Molisana Stelline n.59
- Lubella Gwiazdki 2-jajeczne
- Melissa Astraki
- Misko Astraki
- Panzani Etoile
- Pasta Zara Stelle
- Recheis Familie Sternchen
- Recheis Goldmarke Sternchen
- Ronzoni Pastina
- Rummo Stelline Senza Glutine n.22
- Rummo Stelline n.22
- Rustichella d'Abruzzo Stelline
- Setaro Stelline
How it connects to Pasta
Stelline → 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
- Alphabet pasta, Acini di pepe, Garofalo La Giostra dei Bambini, Agnesi Le Pastine, Barilla I Classici, Gallo Sopas, Panzani Pâtes à potage et salade, 3 Glocken Die mag ich, Bernbacher Die Guten, Delverde Pasta di Semola
Frequently asked questions
How long do you cook stelline?
Garofalo gives 5 minutes for Stelline n° 24 and De Cecco 6 minutes for Stellette n° 75; follow the pack.
What is the difference between stelline and stellette?
Both are tiny star-shaped pastina; Garofalo sells the shape as Stelline, De Cecco as Stellette.
What are stelline served in?
Mainly in broth. De Cecco also names consommé and thick creamy soups; Garofalo adds that it works with simple sauces.
What to read next
- 🌾 Durum wheat — A wheat species with very hard grain and strong gluten, milled into semolina for dry pasta and couscous.
- Alphabet pasta — Tiny dry pasta shaped like letters, cooked in broth and soups and made from durum wheat semolina and water.
- Agnesi Le Pastine — Agnesi's range of small dry soup pasta made from Italian durum wheat semolina: stelline, anellini, ditali and six more shapes.
- Acini di pepe — Very small dry soup pasta in tiny bead shapes, “peppercorns” in Italian, made from durum wheat semolina and water.
- Garofalo La Giostra dei Bambini — Garofalo children's range: organic soup pasta from Italian durum wheat semolina in two shapes, Anistelle and Pazzielle.
Similar
Alphabet pasta · Vermicelli · Acini di pepe · Capellini · Fregula · Cavatappi
Sources
- Garofalo — Stelline n° 24 (product page)
- De Cecco — Stellette n° 75 (product page)
- DPR 9 febbraio 2001, n. 187, artt. 6 e 8 (Normattiva)