Twisted pasta
Casarecce
Quick answer
Casarecce are short rolled and twisted S-shaped strips from Sicily.
Casarecce means "homemade" in Italian.
Best sauces: pesto alla trapanese, sausage, eggplant. Match the shape to the sauce — long thin pasta for oil and light sauces, tubes and ridges for chunky or meaty sauces, flat egg ribbons for rich ragù and butter.
- Type
- Twisted
- Origin
- Sicily
- Best with
- pesto alla trapanese, sausage, eggplant
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