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Home » Pasta » Pasta for Sauce » Lumache

Lumache

Lumache are pasta shells, shaped like the shell of a snail. They are hollow inside, and open at one end, closing in on itself at the other end.

They are a smaller version of lumaconi.

Used with chunky sauces.

Cooking Tips

Boil in salted water for 11 to 13 minutes just until tender to the bite. Don’t overcook or they will become flimsy and mushy.

Substitutes

Another shell-shaped pasta

Language Notes

In Italian, “lumache” means “snails.”

This page first published: Jun 27, 2004 · Updated: Jun 9, 2018.

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