What's the difference between spaghetti,pasta and lasagne?

Answer 1

Pasta is a generic term for all shapes. Spaghetti is long and thin, lasagne noodles are flat and wide.

Answer 2

Pasta is available in many different forms and sizes. The majority of pasta shapes that are available originated in Italy but they have also been created in other parts of the world. Certain shapes and sizes are used for specific purposes, while others can be used in several different manners.

Spaghetti is a type of strand pasta noodles and Lasagne is a type of Ribbon Pasta Noodles.

Strand Pasta Noodles: Pasta strands are long rods of pasta, which are generally round, but they are available in a square rod also. The basic difference from one variety to the next is the thickness of the strands. The thicker strands work well with a heavier sauce while the thin varieties are better with a more delicate sauce.

Spaghetti: long thin round strand pasta
Spaghettini: a thinner version of spaghetti (don't confuse with vermicelli, that is a very thin, round pasta strands, which are similar to spaghettini. They are slightly thinner than spaghettini.)
Spaghettoni a thicker version of spaghetti

Ribbon Pasta Noodles
Ribbon pastas consist of flat strands of pasta, which are available in different lengths, widths and thickness. Some are short and wide, while others are long and narrow. Ribbon pasta can have straight or wavy edges. Many varieties are available fresh and dried. The dried ribbons are generally used with a thick, heavier sauce and the fresh ribbons are served with a more delicate sauce.

Lasagne: A very wide flat pasta that is available in ribbons that are approximately 10 to 13 inches long and vary in width from 2 to 3 ½ inches. Lasagne is also available in sheets that are generally 3 ½ x 5 inches or 4 x 6 inches. The ribbons or sheets are layered in a casserole between other ingredients to make a dish called lasagne.

Answer 3

Spaghetti and Lasagne are types of Pasta. Just like labradores and poodles are breeds of dog. The difference between spaghetti, lasagne and other types of pasta is the method by which they are made, their ingredients, and their shape.

Answer 4

well pasta pretty much discribes all kinds of noodles, or noodle like substances (like revioli and tortilini). Spaghetti is a circular pasta typically about 12 inchs in length and about 1/16" diameter. Lasagne is a layered pasta dish consisting (generally) of layers of: flat sheets of pasta, a sauce (generally tomato based), and cheeses.

Answer 5

Spaghetti and Lasagne are types of Pasta, Spaghetti is wormy looking, Lasagne is a flat rectangle, Farfalle is bow shaped etc etc.

Answer 6

Spaghetti is a dish comprised of tomato sauce, meatballs, and spaghetti noddles. Lasagne is a dish comprised of layers of tomato sauce, cheese, thin pieces of square noodles, and ground meat. Pasta just refers to any dish that has any of the many types of Italian noodles with a sauce, for example: carbonara, spaghetti, lasagne, macaroni with cheese all fall under the catagory of pasta.

Answer 7

Pasta is a category of food that consists of dishes made up of noodles and sauce, so spaghetti and lasagne are both types of pasta. Spaghetti has long, round noodles and usually a marinara sauce whereas lasagne is made up of layers of wide flat noodles, cheese, and marinara sauce.

Answer 8

Basically just the size, shape, or way it's cooked. Pasta is pretty generic, spaghetti is the long thin noodles, lasagna are the wide flat noodles that you use to make a cake-looking dish, but you can also take those lasagna noodles and wrap them around ricotta cheese, and bam! you have manicotti! Yum!

Answer 9

Those crazee Eye-talians named their pasta for the different shapes they made it into.

Spaghetti is stick type noodles, Lasagne is a broad flat noodle.

Answer 10

Pasta is the type of food it is. Both spaghetti and lasagna are noodles. Spaghetti is a thin, round, long wheat noodle. Lasagna is a baked noodle dish made with broad, flat wheat noodles. They will curl the edge of the lasagna noodle so that the sauce and cheese won't slide off of it when you pick it up.