Pairing · Pesto alla trapanese
The best shapes for pesto trapanese
Sicily's tomato-almond-basil pesto, coarser and wetter than the Genovese. It sits in channels and curls, busiate is the home pairing, casarecce the supermarket stand-in.
BusiateHand-formed regional
The long twist works like a spring.
CasarecceShaped shorts
Each piece is a narrow ribbon rolled in on itself, so the cut carries an open channel down its length and a loose s curve at the ends.
SpaccatellaShaped shorts
The curved body cups sauce on the outside while the open split traps smaller bits and liquid along its channel.
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