Mezzi Pennoni Rigati are a bigger variation of the classic Mezze Penne Rigate and thanks to their size, can hold a lot of sauce.

In Italian, the term "Penne" refers to the goose feather which was used historically to write with and was cut on a diagonal to achieve a really thin tip. The shape, obtained from a pasta tube, can be smooth or ridged, of varying length and has the typical diagonal cut of a quil