Macaroni is a kind of moderately extended, machine-made dry pasta. Much shorter than spaghetti, and hollow, macaroni does not contain eggs. Though home machines exist that can make macaroni noodles, macaroni is usually commercially made.
In English-speaking countries, the name macaroni is customarily given to a specific shape of pasta ie. small pasta tubes cut into short pieces. In the United States macaroni is also sometimes labeled as elbow macaroni, or more simply elbows, due to the slight bend in the shape of the pasta noodle. In the U.S. and the United Kingdom, this pasta is often prepared by baking it with a sauce made from cheddar cheese; the resulting dish is called macaroni and cheese. In Canada, the dish is known typically by the brand name Kraft Dinner or simply, K-D). In some parts of the U.S., a more narrow type of macaroni is sold as elbow spaghetti.
In the Abruzzo Region of Italy near Teramo the maccheroni is used in a more generic sense and often refers to a flat egg pasta made with an instrument known as a chitarra. The maccheroni in this area are often served with a tomato-based sauce similar to amatriciana and might be followed by a second course of mazzarelle. Some famous chefs from America have made a pilgramage to a resort called Casale in Valle San Giovanni in order to sample the Abruzzo version of this famous dish.
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