Penne rigate pasta

Penne rigate pasta is the same as penne but with ridges.  The ridges help thinner sauces to adhere to the pasta.  Penne's hollow tube shape make this pasta a good choice for almost any type of sauce. Penne also works well in a baked pasta or for pasta salads. We like using penne for pasta puttanesca (with capers, tomatoes, anchovies and olives).

If you don't have penne rigate you can substitute:

• Plain penne, either semolina or whole wheat
• OR - Use Mostaccioli which is also available plain or "rigate"
• OR - Ziti, another tubular pasta will work well. The tubes are longer