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Stelline

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Stelline
Alternative namesStelle
TypePasta
Place of originItaly

Stelline (lit.'little stars'; sg.: stellina), also known as stelle (lit.'stars'), are a form of pasta of tiny size.

Made of wheat flour and in most varieties also containing egg, stelline are produced in different sizes, and are characterized from a star shape with a hole in the centre.[1] Their use is recorded in multiple 19th century dictionaries.[2][3][4][5] Like other varieties of pastina, they are mainly used for soups, and are also employed as ingredients in some types of salads.[1][6]

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  1. ^ a b VV. AA. (2010). Dizionario delle cucine regionali italiane (in Italian). Slow Food Editore. p. 663. ISBN 9788884996145.
  2. ^ Tommaseo, Niccolò (cured by). Dizionario dei sinonimi della lingua italiana. Francesco Vallardi, 1867. p. 1146.
  3. ^ Malaspina, Carlo (cured by). Vocabolario parmigiano-italiano accresciuto di più che cinquanta mila voci, Vol. 4. Carmignani, 1859. p. 212.
  4. ^ Foresti, Lorenzo. Vocabolario Piacentino Italiano. 2. ed. aumentata e corretta. Francesco Solari, 1855. p. 438.
  5. ^ Rocco, Emmanuele. Vocabolario domestico italiano per ordine di materie. Morano, 1869. p. 68.
  6. ^ Eastwood, Harry (10 April 2014). Insalate per tutte le stagioni (in Italian). Newton Compton Editori. ISBN 978-88-541-6611-0.