Stringozzi or Strangozzi is an Italian wheat

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, among the more notable of those produced in the

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region. The long, rectangular cross-section noodles are made by hand and generally served with the local

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, a meat ragù or a tomato-based sauce. The name of the pasta is drawn from its resemblance to shoelaces, as ''stringhe'' is Italian for "strings".

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{{Pasta Types of pasta Cuisine of Umbria