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riccioli

egg pasta curls

The most common name in Piedmont for pasta spirals, similar to rotini or large fusilli (fusilloni), and good for scooping up plenty of sauce. Each pasta company seems to interpret the shape in its own way. Small ones are ricciolini.

Pasta Shapes and Dishes

Piedmont

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

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