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pasta shaped like curls, because straight noodles couldn't hold this much sauce.
means a short curved pasta shape, essentially a tube sliced and curled into a loose spiral, built to trap chunky sauce in its folds.
from italian for little curls, from riccio meaning curl or hedgehog spine, named for its rolled shape which some regions form around a wooden dowel or knitting needle by hand.
literal meaningriccioli translates to little curls in italian
shape kinoften confused with the shorter, tighter cavatappi
sauce logicthe curl grabs cream and meat sauces better than flat pasta
hand-rolled rootstraditionally shaped by hand around a thin rod
for instance
riccioli alla siciliana — sicilian dish tossing the curls with eggplant, tomato, and ricotta salata
garofalo riccioli — italian pasta brand exporting a boxed version worldwide since the 1900s
riccioli con salsiccia — classic sausage and cream sauce pairing found across southern italy