Fusilli

Fusilli

Fusilli is a long, thick, corkscrew shaped pasta. The word "fusilli" means "little spindles" in Italian. Green and red varieties of fusilli (or any pasta) are created by using spinach or beet juice, respectively, instead of water.

"Fusilli" is not to be confused with the short, flattened, twisted pasta known as rotini.

In popular culture

Fusilli were referred to in "The Fusilli Jerry", an episode of the sitcom "Seinfeld", in which Kramer makes a sculpture of Jerry out of them.


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  • Fusilli — fritos. Fusilli, espiral o tornillos es una pasta con forma helicoidal, generalmente de cuatro centímetros de largo. El fusilli es casi idéntico a otras pastas denominadas rotini. Son similares ya que ambas tienen forma helicoidal pero el rotini… …   Wikipedia Español

  • fusilli — [fyo͞o sē′lē, fo͞osē′lē] n. pasta in the shape of spirals * * * fu·sil·li (fyo͞o sēʹlē, sĭlʹē) n. Pasta in short spirals or corkscrews.   [Italian, from pl. diminutive of fuso, spindle, from Latin fūsus.] * * * …   Universalium

  • fusilli — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ pasta pieces in the form of short spirals. ORIGIN Italian, little spindles …   English terms dictionary

  • fusilli — [fyo͞o sē′lē, fo͞osē′lē] n. pasta in the shape of spirals …   English World dictionary

  • Fusilli — Rotini im Größenvergleich Fusilli sind Spiralnudeln in Form einer Helix (wendelförmig), üblicherweise ca. 4 cm lang und werden aus Hartweizenmehl, Wasser und Salz hergestellt. Das Wort ist von italienisch fuso abgeleitet, was Spindel bedeutet.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fusilli — Fu|sil|li die; (Plur.) <aus gleichbed. it. fusilli zu fuso »Spindel«, dies aus lat. fusus> spiralig gedrehte Nudeln …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • fusilli — noun Etymology: Italian, plural of fusillo, from Italian dialect (southern Italy), diminutive of fuso spindle, from Latin fusus Date: 1948 spiral shaped pasta …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fusilli — noun pasta in the shape of short spirals Syn: corkscrew pasta …   Wiktionary

  • Fusilli — Spiralnudeln …   Universal-Lexikon

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