Simple pasta dishes that are made for slurping

The messier the pasta, the better the life.

Bucatini all’Amatriciana Source: Chris Chen

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Fair enough, an Italian would rather die than slurp their spaghetti. According to everyone's nonna, the only noise you should make while eating your pasta is "mmm".

No dangling strands either. You need to twirl your fettucine around your fork until it's a neat little ball and pop it cleanly in your mouth.

But honestly, where's the fun in that?

We're here for dangling, slurpy strands that leave shadows of sauce all over your face. Where dinner is accompanied by a cacophony of guzzling and sucking and lapping as strands of pasta get tossed down in a gulp. Giant piles of tagliatelle dripping from mouths and wild bucatini dangling all over the table.

Haha, sounds equal parts disgusting and like a plan, right? If you've ever seen a kid tackle a bowl of spaghetti, you'll know why we're calling it a plan. This is eating with your whole face and soul.

You know what to do. Find your biggest pot and boil up some long pasta trouble this instant.

Rosé prawn spaghetti

A smooth blend of creamy and tart-tomato flavours with a nice little kick. Source: Adam Liaw

This dish is bound to get everywhere as long as you're as careless as possible. It really depends on how much of the added brandy you guzzle while you cook...

Creamiest mixed mushroom pasta

Using fresh egg pasta makes this meal extra comforting. Source: Savannah van der Niet

When a pasta dish calls itself 'creamy', you know you're soon to be in slurping heaven.

Linguine with meatballs

You can't even make this dish without simultaneously making a mess. Food is life! Source: Rich tomato Italian meatballs (Donal's Kitchen Hero)

This dish is basically impossible to eat neatly. The linguine will travel, the meatballs will roll and you, lucky you, will be in pasta heaven.

White osso bucco

Caramelising the onions and celery adds sweetness to the dish. Source: Adam Liaw

Big, fat strands of pappardelle soak up all that slow-cooked osso bucco flavour. This version ditches the carrot and tomato to make a 'white' dish... which is probably just as well for your tablecloth.

Bucatini allamatriciana

Bucatini all’Amatriciana Source: Chris Chen

We challenge anyone to eat bucatini and not slurp very loudly. Frankly, the 'spaghetti with the hole' demands it.

Pappardelle with olives and lamb

Thick strands envelop olive and lamb with plenty of EVOO in this springtime stunner. There's plenty to love about this dish.

Spaghetti puttanesca

Full of big and bold flavours, and very easy to make, spaghetti puttanesca is a favourite of face stuffers everywhere. Source: Bonacini's Italy

Sound the alarm, we need arresting by the tidy police. Slurp? You'll near shout this puttanesca spaghetti down.

Spaghetti carbonara

Do not, under any circumstances, use a spoon to aid twirling. That's frowned upon almost as much as slurping. Source: Adam Liaw

A quick dish with big flavour. Traditional carbonara is all about the bacon, eggs and parmesan, no cream required. The finished result makes for the kind of quiet eating the Italians appear to welcome.

Spinach fettuccine alfredo

This alfredo is actually an Argentine dish that includes ham in the mix. Source: Rachel Tolosa Paz

This recipe suggest adding a slug of cream towards the end of cooking and we highly recommend you do. The greater the cream, the greater the slurp.

Garlic prawn pasta

Be generous with the buttery garlic sauce that keeps the prawns juicy and adds a smashing flavour to the pasta. Source: Donna Hay: Fast, Fresh, Simple

Slather strands of angel hair pasta in melted garlic butter and you're basically asking for a food fight.