Fettuce

Fettuce is a variety of flat, thick Italian pasta, a slightly wider version of the more famous fettuccine, a ribbon style pasta made with wheat flour, salt, eggs, and water. Other ingredients such as spinach, mushrooms, garlic, or aromatic herbs can be added to the basic dough in order to make flavored or colored versions.

This type of pasta is a speciality of Rome and Lazio region, but they are also very popular all over Italy and abroad. Fettuce are available both in fresh and dry version, sold in loosely coiled nests or as flat strands. Cooking time is from 8 to 10 minutes, and they are best enjoyed generously coated in heavier, oil or butter-based sauces whose creaminess keeps the strands of pasta separated.