How can a machine extrude a round pasta shape with a hole in the middle (e.g penne), without the middle metal part blocking the hole falling away

Question

How can a round shape be made, when the middle part of the metal creating the hole needs to be attached to something, which would create a gap in the shape

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Answer 1

Pasta is like poop or playdough, it’s goop until you force it through something. Others have given the correct answer regarding the supports and the pasta rejoining. But This shape works too:
Y/

Answer 2

Pasta is like poop or playdough, it’s goop until you force it through something. Others have given the correct answer regarding the supports and the pasta rejoining. But This shape works too:
Y/