Stelline
Also known as: little stars, star pasta, stelle, star-shaped pasta
Tiny star-shaped pasta of the pastina family, cooked in broth and soups; the dry kind is made from durum wheat semolina.
Stelline ("little stars") are tiny star-shaped pasta of the pastina family, small pasta cooked in broth. Garofalo describes its Stelline n° 24 as a small star-shaped pasta with a hole in the middle, a classic pastina for broth, made from durum wheat semolina and bronze-drawn.
De Cecco sells the same format as Stellette n° 75 and says it belongs to the minute pasta family cooked in broth. It suits clear soups such as broth or consommé, with croutons or vegetables cut in julienne, and also thick creamy or velvety soups.
Under Italian law (DPR 187/2001, arts. 6 and 8), dry pasta is made from durum wheat semolina, and pasta sold as egg pasta contains at least four whole eggs, 200 g per kilogram of semolina.
Cooking time: Garofalo gives 5 minutes for Stelline n° 24, De Cecco 6 minutes for Stellette n° 75.
Facts
| Raw material | Durum wheat semolina 13 |
|---|---|
| Duration | Garofalo n° 24: 5 min; De Cecco n° 75: 6 min 12 |
| Main use | Broth, clear soups and thick creamy soups 12 |
How it connects to Pasta
Stelline → kind of → Dry durum wheat pasta → kind of → 🍝 Pasta
Links
- What it contains
- Semolina, 🌾 Durum wheat
- Part of
- Dry durum wheat pasta
- Similar and different
- Alphabet pasta, Acini di pepe, Garofalo La Giostra dei Bambini, Agnesi Le Pastine, Barilla I Classici, Gallo Sopas, Panzani Pâtes à potage et salade, 3 Glocken Die mag ich, Bernbacher Die Guten, Delverde Pasta di Semola
Frequently asked questions
Are stelline and stellette the same, and what is pastina?
Both are tiny star-shaped pastina, small pasta cooked in broth: Garofalo sells the shape as Stelline, De Cecco as Stellette, Ronzoni as Pastina.
How long do you cook stelline?
Garofalo gives 5 minutes for Stelline n° 24 and De Cecco 6 minutes for Stellette n° 75.
Is it true that stelline are egg pasta?
No. They are made from durum wheat semolina; only pasta with at least four whole eggs per kilogram of semolina is sold as egg pasta.
What soups suit stelline?
Clear ones such as broth or consommé with croutons or julienne vegetables, and thick creamy soups.
Which English-language pack sells the star shape?
Ronzoni Pastina, under the family name pastina.
What to read next
- 🌾 Durum wheat — A wheat species with very hard grain and strong gluten, milled into semolina for dry pasta and couscous.
- Alphabet pasta — Tiny dry pasta shaped like letters, cooked in broth and soups and made from durum wheat semolina and water.
- Agnesi Le Pastine — Agnesi's range of small dry soup pasta made from Italian durum wheat semolina: stelline, anellini, ditali and six more shapes.
- Acini di pepe — Very small dry soup pasta in tiny bead shapes, “peppercorns” in Italian, made from durum wheat semolina and water.
- Garofalo La Giostra dei Bambini — Garofalo children's range: organic soup pasta from Italian durum wheat semolina in two shapes, Anistelle and Pazzielle.
Similar
Alphabet pasta · Vermicelli · Acini di pepe · Capellini · Fregula · Cavatappi
What it includes
- 3 Glocken Die mag ich Sternchen
- ALB-GOLD Sternchen
- Barilla Emiliane Stelline
- Bernbacher Die Guten Sternchen
- De Cecco Stelline n.675 all'uovo
- Di Martino Stelline
- Felicetti Stellette all'Uovo
- Garofalo Stelline n.24
All (39) →
- 3 Glocken Die mag ich Sternchen
- ALB-GOLD Sternchen
- Agnesi Stelline n.73
- Barilla Emiliane Stelline
- Barilla Stelline n.27
- Benedetto Cavalieri Stelline n.10
- Bernbacher Die Guten Sternchen
- Colavita Stars (Stelle)
- De Cecco Stellette n.75
- De Cecco Stellette n.75 Biologiche
- De Cecco Stellette n.75 Integrali
- De Cecco Stelline n.675 all'uovo
- Delverde Stelline n.73
- Di Martino Stelline
- Divella Stelline n.74
- Ducato d'Amalfi Stelline
- Felicetti Stellette
- Felicetti Stellette all'Uovo
- Felicetti Stelline Kamut Bio
- Filiz Yıldız Şehriye
- Gallo Estrellas
- Garofalo Stelline n.24
- Garofalo Stelline n.5-103 Integrali
- Gentile Stelline
- Granoro Stelline n.74
- La Molisana Stelline integrali n.59
- La Molisana Stelline n.59
- Lubella Gwiazdki 2-jajeczne
- Melissa Astraki
- Misko Astraki
- Panzani Etoile
- Pasta Zara Stelle
- Recheis Familie Sternchen
- Recheis Goldmarke Sternchen
- Ronzoni Pastina
- Rummo Stelline Senza Glutine n.22
- Rummo Stelline n.22
- Rustichella d'Abruzzo Stelline
- Setaro Stelline
Sources
- Garofalo — Stelline n° 24 (product page)
- De Cecco — Stellette n° 75 (product page)
- DPR 9 febbraio 2001, n. 187, artt. 6 e 8 (Normattiva)