Long pasta
Pici
Quick answer
Pici are thick, hand-rolled spaghetti from the Siena area made from flour and water.
Pici means "from appiciare, to stick together" in Italian.
Best sauces: aglione (garlic-tomato), cacio e pepe, breadcrumbs. 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
- Long
- Origin
- Tuscany
- Best with
- aglione (garlic-tomato), cacio e pepe, breadcrumbs
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