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Rotini
Mild and wheaty, with a firm, springy bite when cooked al dente.
Lens analyzedRotini is short, spiral-shaped pasta whose corkscrew twists are built to catch and hold onto chunky sauces better than a smooth noodle would. The ridges along each spiral give sauce extra surface area to cling to.
Where it comes from
Spiral pasta shapes developed in Italian pasta-making as cooks experimented with shapes suited to particular sauces, with rotini's tight corkscrew becoming popular for holding thick, vegetable-studded, or creamy sauces. It became a common supermarket staple in North America alongside other short pasta shapes like penne and fusilli.
Buying it
Check the box for the pasta shape name, since rotini, fusilli, and rotelle look similar but twist slightly differently. Whole wheat and gluten-free versions are widely available if that matters for your household.
Storing it
Store dry rotini sealed in the pantry; it keeps for close to two years, and once cooked, leftovers should go in the fridge and be used within a few days.
Keeps about 2 years in the pantry.
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