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Macaroni

Macaroni is a pasta noodle made from durum wheat and sold dried. Cooks boil or simmer it, or use it in stir-fries.

Made from
Durum wheat
Cooked most in
Africa, Asia, Europe
Top country
Egypt
Macaroni, whole

Photo: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use macaroni

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Stir fry

Cooking with it

After cooking in water, rinse to remove starch.

Shopping

Choosing and storing macaroni

Sold as
Dried

Around the world

Where macaroni is cooked

4 dishes in the catalogue use macaroni. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list macaroni among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with macaroni

4 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Seblak

    Indonesia

  • Koshari

    Egypt

  • Macaroni soup

    Italy

  • Macaroni casserole

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include macaroni.

Family

Related forms

Made from
durum wheat
A kind of
pasta

Around the world

What macaroni is called

Names in 68 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    macarrón · macarron

  • French

    macaroni

  • Italian

    maccheroni

  • Portuguese

    macarrão

  • German

    Makkaroni · Röhrennudeln

  • Dutch

    macaroni

  • Greek

    Μακαρόνια

  • Russian

    макароны

  • Arabic

    ماكاروني · مكرونه · مكرونة · المعكرونة

  • Persian

    ماکارونی

  • Hebrew

    מקרוני

  • Hindi

    मैकरोनी

Show all 68 languages

  • Afrikaans

    Macaroni

  • Armenian

    Մակարոն

  • Asturian

    Macarrón

  • azb

    ماکارونی

  • Azerbaijani

    Makaroni

  • Basque

    makarroi

  • Breton

    Macaroni

  • Bulgarian

    Макарони

  • Cantonese

    通粉

  • Catalan

    fideus gruixuts

  • Cheyenne

    He'kone'éemâsono

  • Chinese

    通心粉

  • Croatian

    Makaroni

  • Czech

    makaróny

  • Danish

    Makaroni

  • Egyptian Arabic

    مكرونه

  • Esperanto

    makaronioj

  • Estonian

    makaron

  • Filipino

    Makaroni

  • Finnish

    makaroni

  • Galician

    Macarrón

  • Georgian

    მაკარონი

  • Ido

    Makaronio

  • Indonesian

    Makaroni

  • Irish

    macarón

  • Japanese

    マカロニ

  • Javanese

    Markuni

  • Kannada

    ಮ್ಯಾಕರೋನಿ

  • Kazakh

    Макарондар

  • Korean

    마카로니 · 마케로니 · 마케로네

  • Latin

    Maccarones

  • Latvian

    makaroni

  • Limburgish

    Makronie

  • Lithuanian

    makaronai

  • Lule Sami

    makaråvnnå

  • Macedonian

    Макарони

  • Malay

    Makaroni

  • Malayalam

    മക്കെറോണി

  • Mazanderani

    مکّرونی

  • Minangkabau

    Makaroni

  • Northern Sami

    makaruvnnat · makaronat

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    makaroni

  • Occitan

    macaroni

  • Pontic

    μακαρίνα

  • Romanian

    macaroane · maccheroni

  • Serbian

    макароне · makarone

  • Sicilian

    Maccarruna

  • Simplified Chinese

    通心粉

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    通心粉

  • sje

    makaruvdna

  • Skolt Sami

    makaroon

  • Slovak

    Makarón

  • Slovenian

    makaroni

  • Somali

    Makaroone

  • Swedish

    makaroner

  • Traditional Chinese

    通心粉

  • Ukrainian

    макарони

  • Vietnamese

    Macaroni

  • Waray

    Macaroni

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q20019

Photos

Photo: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons