Fusilli
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| Category | Shaped pasta |
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| Pronunciation | foo-ZEE-lee |
| Literal meaning | Possibly from 'fusile': rifles |
| Characteristic | Thick, solid corkscrew-shaped pasta. Can be short or long. |
| Typical pasta cooking time | 10-13 minutes |
| Dish ideas | Fusilli with braised fennel, carrots and spring onions |
| Fusilli with speck and radicchio | |
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| ID | 992506 |
About Fusilli
Fusilli are a variety of pasta that are formed into corkscrew or helical shapes. The word fusilli presumably comes from fuso, as traditionally it is "spun" by pressing and rolling a small rod over the thin strips of pasta to wind them around it in a corkscrew shape.
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