
All-Purpose, 00, and Semolina: Choose Flour for the Pasta You Want
Compare all-purpose, 00, durum, and semolina flour by intended pasta shape, documented texture, product label, and recipe guidance.
Clear guides for mixing, rolling, shaping, and troubleshooting fresh pasta in a home kitchen.
Start with your first pasta

Compare all-purpose, 00, durum, and semolina flour by intended pasta shape, documented texture, product label, and recipe guidance.

Stage a first handmade-pasta session in a small kitchen by giving mixing, rolling, shaping, and cooking the counter in turn.

Roll, test-fold, cut, and separate fresh pasta ribbons by hand while keeping thickness and sticking under control.


Featured technique
Practice hand-shaped cavatelli with six pieces before cutting a full rope, using a source-specific eggless dough and press-and-drag motion.
Read the Cavatelli guideHow we build these guides
We organize source-based pasta guidance around the decisions a home cook needs to make. We identify editorial illustrations, avoid claims of kitchen testing where none exists, and hold recipes or safety-sensitive advice until they can be reviewed properly.
Use the five current collections to move from a clear first session into dough, shaping, filled pasta, and troubleshooting—without a signup form or inbox promise.
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