‖ stelline, n. pl.
(‖ stelˈliːne, stɛˈliːnɪ)
Also stellini.
[It., f. stellina, stellino little star, starlet (dim. stella star).]
Small, star-shaped pasta pieces.
| 1958 Catal. County Stores, Taunton June 17 Naples Macaroni..Small—Stelline, Tubettini—a lb. 1/4. 1974 Times 14 Sept. 4/4 Every form of pasta, from the tiny stelline, which go into clear soups to the handkerchief-sized lasagne must be made with hard grain flour. 1984 N.Y. Times 8 Feb. c4/5 Small pastas, those tiny shapes that could stand in for rice or potatoes or give any sauce a new lease on life: tubetti, tubettini, orzo, stelline, acini pepe, seme mellone. 1984 Barr & Levy Official Foodie Handbk. i. 35 Packets of Arborio rice, dried farfalle, stellini, penne, rigatoni... Tagliatelle in the freezer. 1989 Reader's Digest Compl. Guide Cookery iii. 328/2 Italian pasta names... Stellini (stars). |