What are fusilli pasta?
Fusilli pasta is the popular Italian shape of pasta, which has been widely exported to most of the world. It is one of the most common of the unusual pasta, because Fusilli is very universal in the kitchen. It can be eaten simple like pasta, but can also be baked in saucepan, used in pasta salad and added to soups. Most markets have Fusilli and pasta can also be made at home. The pasta machine greatly helps chefs who want to try their hand in making Fusilli at home.
To form fusilli pasta, the wide belt of pasta is gently twisted to form a piece of spiral pasta. Pasta is usually cropped to form more short pieces of pasta, rather than one long twisted belt. Some people compare Fusilli pasta with a corkscrew or spiral, but the pasta does not form a technically spiral because it circles around the axis. Other shapes of pasta, such as Cavatappi and Spiralinirkscrew pasta.
Fusilli is small fuso , Italian SLovo for "spindle". Some people also call Rotini pasta, in reference to a rotating, twisted shape. Some producers avoid both Italian names and simply indicate their boxes of "twisted", which is a simple and rather descriptive name.
The shape of Fusilli pasta is well suitable for organizing the assortment of sauces. Small slots of the shape of the helix can stick to thin, very light sauces, while the flexible shape also holds under heavy sauces of meat. Curved spaghetti are also considered fun to eat some consumers, especially young dinners. This feature can be used to encourage people to complete dinner if it is a problem or people are interested in the cooking process.
The best Fusilli pasta is made of hard wheat. This wheat will also hold the pasta for the cooked al dente and chew the pasta to keep its shape if it cooks longer. Fusilli pasta made of dur wheatM can be used in dishes that need to be re -heated, because the pasta will not fall as easily as pasta made of soft wheat. At home, Fusilli can be made of hard or soft wheat and eat fresh or dried, depending on personal taste.