Possible Clues:

• Pasta shell abandoned by Russian wolfhound
• Pasta whose name means “barley”
• Tiny pasta resembling rice
• Italian for “barley”, and pasta in the shape of its grains
• 'Star Wars' droid, informally
• Short-cut form of pasta
• Short pasta
• Ingredient in some Italian wedding soup
• Pasta often found in minestrone
• Pasta in soups