The difference
Busiate vs Fusilli
Both are spirals, but busiate is a long Sicilian coil wound by hand around a thin reed, while fusilli is a short factory corkscrew. Busiate is the traditional shape for pesto alla trapanese, fusilli the everyday spiral that grips any sauce.
Busiate
- Family
- Hand-formed regional
- Size
- 200 mm long
- Surface
- Textured
- Cook
- 8 to 10 min
Wants: Pesto Trapanese, Tomato sauce, Mixed seafood
Fusilli
- Family
- Shaped shorts
- Size
- 35 to 40 mm long
- Surface
- Smooth
- Cook
- 8 to 11 min
Wants: Pesto Genovese, Neapolitan ragu, Vodka sauce
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