User:Lizz Guo/Fiori (pasta)
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Fiori pasta has the shape of a flower that is formed with seven tubes, one tube in the middle and others surrounding it. That is the reason why it is reminiscent of the flower in Italian. It is also known as iori di sambuco and margheritine[1]. Fiori pasta based on the meaning of its name and added diverse ingredients for improving taste. Fiori pasta is a sort of shortcut pasta like Rotelle, which is similar to a wheel. Both of these two short cut pasta are excellent for various soups, casseroles and salads for its great nutritive value, hardness flavor and smooth texture.
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Alternative names | Astri, fiori di sambuco, margheritine. | ||||||
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Type | Tiny pastas | ||||||
Place of origin | Italy | ||||||
Region or state | Northern Italy and Southern Italy | ||||||
Invented | 13th-century | ||||||
Main ingredients | Water, eggs,durum wheat flour | ||||||
Variations | Fresh pasta, dried pasta | ||||||
131 kcal (548 kJ) | |||||||
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A few people enjoy homemade Fiori pasta since it requires particular processing machines and its unique shapes[2]. Therefore, most of the Fiori pasta is dry pasta for meeting the demand on the market, which can be stored nearly indefinitely by simple ingredients only with flour, water and salt. The popularity and high demand of pasta results in a high amount of consumption of it, Italy consumes about 28.5kg for each person in a year and it reaches as much as 48kg in Sicily[3]. Moreover, there is a significant number of production of pasta for exporting, for instance, pasta consumption increased from approximately 3 kg for each person per year in 1965 to a quantity of 9 kg in 1999[4].Pasta is an extensively consumed food in the world, but it is to be used as an umbrella term to discuss some types of pasta dishes that are considered healthy or less unhealthy[5]. Therefore, the nutrition of pasta becomes increasingly more important, and more epidemiological certifications testify that pasta could improve chronic degenerative diseases when consumed in combination with appropriate phytochemicals[6].