FUSILLI OR ROTINI WITH VEGETABLES

FUSILLI OR ROTINI

“When we cook pasta in the restaurant, we put the dry pasta in a sieve, lower it into a pot of boiling water, cook it, drain it thoroughly, and pour it right into the pan of hot sauce.  We stir it well and mix in a little softened butter and grated Parmesan cheese, then pour it into a heated serving dish.  Pasta must be served very hot, so it is a good idea to warm the plates beforehand.  There should be a bowl of freshly grated Parmesan cheese on the table for people to serve themselves….”  Arrigo Cipriani, The Harry’s Bar Cookbook

There are two kinds of fusilli:  Long spirals (fusilli lunghi) and short screws (fusilli corti).  In the United States, the short version is commonly called rotini.  The word fusilli is from the Italian noun fuso, meaning spindle.  Spiral fusilli is made by “spinning” thin strand of pasta;  a small rod is rolled over the pasta threads to wind them into a corkscrew shape.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFUSILLI AL SUGO DE FUNGHI
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFUSILLI WITH ANCHOVIES AND CAULIFLOWER
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFUSILLI WITH BROCCOLI RABE
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFUSILLI WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND SAGE
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFUSILLI WITH FRIED ZUCCHINI, GARLIC AND BASIL
FUSILLI WITH MUSHROOMS, PEPPERS AND SAUSAGE
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFUSILLI WITH RED AND YELLOW PEPPERS
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFUSILLI WITH RICOTTA AND SPINACH