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Linguine

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  • 1 Linguine Fini
  • 2 Substitutes
  • 3 History Notes
  • 4 Language Notes

Linguine is long like spaghetti, but instead of being rod-shaped, is flat and wider than spaghetti, but not as wide as fettuccine.

It can be bought fresh in “nests”, or dried.

It is often used for dishes with seafood such as clam, mussels, shrimps and squid. The most classic use is with a clam sauce, either white or red.

Linguine Fini

A narrower version of linguine.

Substitutes

Spaghetti, fettuccine

History Notes

Originated in Southern Italy.

Language Notes

Linguine means “little tongues” in Italian. “Lingua” is tongue; adding “ina” at the end makes it “little tongue”, and swapping the “a” at the end for an “e” makes it plural.

Other names

Italian: Linguine, Linguine Fini

This page first published: Sep 7, 2002 · Updated: Jun 9, 2018.

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