Penne is a short, tubular pasta with diagonally cut ends, its name taken from the Italian word for pen or quill because the angled cut resembles a nib. It is made from durum wheat semolina and produced in both a smooth style, penne lisce, and a ridged style, penne rigate, the ridges helping sauce cling to the surface. Penne is well suited to thick, chunky sauces and baked pasta dishes, and is a staple of Italian and Italian American cooking.
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AllergenCereals Containing Gluten 1 Connections
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Source Penne (Wikipedia)
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1. Penne (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penne (allergen)Quote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penne (allergen)
They are usually made from wheat flour.
2. Penne (Wikipedia)
OriginsQuote, Origins
Penne are one of the few pasta shapes with a certain date of birth: in 1865, Giovanni Battista Capurro, a pasta maker from San Martino d'Albaro (Genoa), obtained a patent for a diagonal cutting machine.
3. Penne (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): ItalyQuote, P495 (country of origin): Italy
Italy
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