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Home » Pasta » Pasta for Sauce » Cavatappi (aka Scoobi Doo)

Cavatappi (aka Scoobi Doo)

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© Denzil Green
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  • 2 Equivalents
  • 3 Language Notes

Cavatappi are thick, corkscrew shaped tubes of pasta, that are usually ridged as well on their outsides.

They hold chunky sauces well, and are also good in baked pasta dishes.

In North America, it is often sold labelled as “Scoobi doo” pasta, for reasons unclear.

Cooking Tips

Cavatappi is very good for cold salads such as tuna pasta, etc, as the shape captures and holds small bits of chopped onion, celery, etc.

Equivalents

1 cup dry cavatappi (scoobi doo) pasta = 75 g ( 2.6 oz) dry = 2 cups, cooked = 225 g (8 oz), cooked

4 cups dry cavatappi (scoobi doo) pasta = 300 g (10.5 oz) dry = 8 cups, cooked = 900 g (32 oz), cooked

Language Notes

“Cavatappi” means “tap extractor”, i.e “corkscrew.”

Aka “cellentani”, “spirali.”

This page first published: Sep 29, 2010 · Updated: Jun 9, 2018.

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