El macarrón (en italiano maccheroni) es un tipo de pasta elaborado con agua, harina de trigo y, a veces, huevo, que suele tener forma de tubo alargado, conocidos como plumas. Según la leyenda, los macarrones fueron llevados a Italia por Marco Polo, cuando regresó en 1292 a Venecia de su viaje a China. Esta hipótesis ha sido refutada, ya que parece que los macarrones ya se utilizaba en Italia, al menos, un siglo antes, como las pastas en general; el geógrafo marroquí Muhammad al-Idrisi, que vivió en Sicilia, ha documentado los macarrones en Sicilia y en particular en Trabia.

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Macaroni /ˌmækəˈroʊni/ is a variety of dry pasta traditionally in the shape of narrow tubes. It is also produced in various other shapes and sizes. originating from Italy and made with durum wheat, usually without egg. It is normally cut in short lengths; if cut in lengths with a curve it is sometimes called elbow macaroni. Some home machines can make macaroni shapes but, like most pasta, macaroni is usually made commercially by large-scale extrusion. The curved shape is caused by different speeds on opposite sides of the pasta tube as it comes out of the machine. In North America, macaroni most often comes in elbow shape, while in Italy the noun maccheroni refers to straight tubular square-ended pasta corta ("short-length pasta"). Maccheroni may also refer to long pasta dishes such as 'Maccheroni alla chitarra' and 'Frittata di maccheroni', which are prepared with long pasta like spaghetti.

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