Pappardelle

Pappardelle is flat wide strips of pasta popular in the Tuscan region of Italy. This wide egg pasta holds up well with heavy meat sauces. A traditional recipe includes rabbit served over the pasta ribbons.

Where To Buy Pappardelle

You can buy dry pappardelle in many well-stocked grocery stores or in many online specialty grocers.  Walmart sells (in-store only) frozen pappardelle which only takes 1 1/2 minutes to cook.  You can also purchase dry pappardelle at Amazon.com: Italian Egg Pappardelle Pasta.

If you don't have pappardelle then you can substitute one of these alternatives:

• The best substitute for pappardelle is Tagliatelle which is another egg pasta which is a little narrower in width.
• OR - You can use Fettuccine which is narrower yet.  This pasta is available with or without egg.