400598 Fri May 11 08:29:31 -0700 2007 9 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 2561317 Does anyone know the name of the pasta rustically cut from long flat pieces? Fri May 11 08:29:31 -0700 2007 97895 Gourmet Peasant 1 2561387 I think that you are thinking of either pappardelle or tagliatelle. Fri May 11 08:49:56 -0700 2007 2561317 91989 chefbec 2 2563380 I agree here ... pappardelle (broader) or tagliatelle are cut from lasagna-like sheets. Malfaldine have the ridged edges. See the links for images. Pappardelle http://www.lafamiglia.co.uk/images/pappardelle%20con%20la%20lepre-pasta%20with%20hare%20sauce.jpg Tagliatelle http://www.tastingmenu.com/media/2003/20031204-lampreia/images/06-Tagliatelle%20with%20Truffle.jpg Malfaldine http://editorandpunisher.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dsc00310_2.JPG Fri May 11 18:53:59 -0700 2007 2561387 10609 Cheese Boy 3 2563965 Thanks everyone for your replies. Cheese boy, I have looked at all the links and none of them look like the pasta that I had. The pieces were actually wider, almost square or rectangle shaped if they had not been cut so rusticaly. Sat May 12 06:08:45 -0700 2007 2563380 97895 Gourmet Peasant 4 2566337 i think they might be called Rombi. Sun May 13 13:32:03 -0700 2007 2563965 19494 jjb75 1 2561460 I believe they're called "maltagliati", or "badly cut". Fri May 11 09:14:56 -0700 2007 2561317 10926 mnosyne 1 2563979 This reminds of pasta that's called "rags". It's irregular pieces torn from a large sheet of pasta. I know it has another name, but can't think of it. Sat May 12 06:21:41 -0700 2007 2561317 10087 Pat Hammond 2 2565965 and then there is fazzoletto, or handkerchief pasta, which would be more nicely cut large thin squares Sun May 13 09:26:25 -0700 2007 2563979 13150 babette feasts 2 2566364 I think rags or straccetti too. Sun May 13 13:46:26 -0700 2007 2563979 10271 Rubee 1 2565099 I used to make a random cut pasta called straccheti (sp.) when I was the pasta b@#$h (yes thats what they called me!) at my first restaurant job. It was a very random cut fresh pasta served with mushrooms in a veal reduction with herbs. Sat May 12 18:24:46 -0700 2007 2561317 27101 bolivianita