Gemelli (pasta)

Gemelli
TypePasta
Place of originItaly
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Gemelli (Italian: [dʒeˈmɛlli]; lit. 'twins') are a type of pasta. They are most often used for making casserole or pasta salads.

Gemelli are not twin tubes twisted around one another, as they may appear to be, but rather a single strand with an "S"-shaped cross-section twisted into a spiral.

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References

  1. ↑ "gemelli". Lexico. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Food-Info.net : Kształty makaronu". www.food-info.net. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Geometry of Pasta - shape detail". 17 April 2012. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2022.