macaroni

Macaroni (), known in Italian as maccheroni, is a pasta shaped like narrow tubes. Made with durum wheat, macaroni is commonly cut in short lengths; curved macaroni may be referred to as "elbow macaroni". Some home machines can make macaroni shapes but, like most pasta, macaroni is usually made commercially by large-scale extrusion. The common curved shape is created by different speeds of extrusion on opposite sides of the pasta tube as it comes out of the machine.

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Macaroni is a tube-shaped pasta made from durum wheat, typically cut into short lengths, with curved varieties known as "elbow macaroni." While some home machines can produce it, macaroni is usually manufactured on a large scale using extrusion machines that create its characteristic curved shape by varying extrusion speeds.

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Food.name: Macaroni
Food.image: Macaroni2.jpg
Food.alternate_name: Maccheroni (in Italian)
Food.country: Italy
Food.type: Pasta
Food.main_ingredient: Durum wheat
Food.serving_size: 100 g
Food.calories: 350.5
Food.protein: 13
Food.fat: 2
Food.carbohydrate: 70

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The word macaroni is often used synonymously with elbow-shaped macaroni, as it is the variety most often used in macaroni and cheese recipes. In Italy and other countries, the noun maccheroni can refer to straight, tubular, square-ended pasta corta () or to long pasta dishes, as in maccheroni alla chitarra, which is prepared with long pasta such as spaghetti. In the United States, federal regulations define three shapes of dried pasta (macaroni, spaghetti, and vermicelli) as falling under the label of "macaroni product".