where to buy "O" shaped pasta

[jaknny]

Do any of the national brands of pasta sell anelletti (O shaped pasta)? Anyone know where I can buy it in the NY/NJ area?

[Perilagu Khan]

I wonder if this pasta is served sometimes with a sauce or strictly in soups?

[eclecticsynergy]

The rings don't hold a lot of sauce compared to many shapes, but I've had them with sauce on occasion. Then again, I've sometimes put sauce on alphabets, which I think are pretty much a "soup" pasta...

[mbfant]

Actually, they are traditionally used also in an elaborate timballo encased in bread, but these may be a slightly larger size.

[EM23]

If you don’t want to order it online from Amazon like eamcd recommends above, perhaps Eataly or Dean & DeLuca might carry it.

[eclecticsynergy]

P&R sells rings too. I get 'em right off the supermarket shelves around here.

They have a very good back-of-the box recipe called Garden Skillet that's been a family favorite since the 80s. I still make several times a year, using vegetable broth instead of plain water. Simple, easy and tasty. Likely to be on their website too, now that I think of it.

[drongo]

Try looking for anellini (small rings) or anelli (larger rings). Barilla and Ronzoni make annellini - http://it.barilla.com/content/prodottobarilla/anellini and http://pasta-products-ronzoni.newworldpasta.com/Rings-ZX007130000029ZX25 - though I'm not sure whether you can get it locally.

Edit: Shoprite's web site says they have "Anna Anellini" -- http://www.shoprite.com/pd/Anna/Anell...

[Popkin]

Out here in California I've actually seen it in the Mexican ethnic food aisles, do you have any Hispanic markets in your area you could check?

[eamcd]

I'd try an Italian market if you have one. You made me curious though, so I had to look. Ronzoni and Barilla don't list it as one of their shapes. But Creamette makes it:
http://pasta-products-creamette.newworldpasta.com/Rings-ZX1510000019ZX15

Don't know if htey still have them, but apparently Trader Joe's did: http://www.thekitchn.com/trader-joes-pantry-anelletti-p-47644

Or online:
http://www.amazon.com/Anelletti-No-To...

Good luck!

[annagranfors]

I have to admit that I don't know my pastas all that well, but I wasn't aware there *was* such a thing outside of Spaghetti-O's...it put me in mind of an episode of The Gilmore Girls where Emily (Lorelei's mom and Rory's grandma) had one of her countless gourmet chefs make them homemade Spaghetti-O's, doubtless because she was trying to make up with them for having been a witch about something. Ah, I miss that show...

[Perilagu Khan]

www.pastacheese.com

I believe it's based in New York state.