The difference
Vesuvio vs Fusilli
Both are spiraled shapes that trap a chunky sauce, but fusilli is an even corkscrew, a strand wound into a regular helix, while vesuvio is a peaked cone that swirls up from a wide base to a point like the volcano it is named for. Fusilli's spiral runs the length of a short strand, vesuvio's cavity sits inside a standing peak. Vesuvio holds more sauce in its hollow.
Vesuvio
- Family
- Shaped shorts
- Size
- not yet measured
- Surface
- Ridged
- Cook
- 8 to 10 min
Wants: Sausage ragu, Ragu, Chunky vegetable sauce
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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