Pancakes are wholemeal buckwheat flour eaten simply with lemon juice and sugar, but they can be filled with a variety of sweet ingredients such as maple syrup, fruit, ice cream or chocolate sauce. Pancakes are made from a wide variety of flours and in a range of styles in many countries. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.
Pasta comes in all shapes and sizes. Pasta normally is white-yellow, but other colors exist. Below an overview of the most common pasta types and their synonyms. Very popular shape all over the world. These are short lengths of rolled and twisted Italian pasta. They’re usually served with meat sauces.
It usually refers to small pasta shells that resemble tiny hot dog buns. The name is less commonly used for a type of dumpling made with ricotta cheese. Short cut pasta suitable for salads or soups. Small size and elliptic section long-cut pasta. Short-cut pasta, suitable for vegetable or thin soups. This unusual variety of Italian pasta consists of poorly wrapped straws of dough, about 20-30 cm long.