Fusilli

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Fusilli, a helical shaped pasta, also called corkscrew pasta, is usually about four centimetres long. Fusilli is almost identical to another shaped pasta called rotini. They both have a spiral shape, but rotini is slightly larger, thicker and curlier.

Fusilli is often made in green and red varieties, produced by adding spinach and tomatoes respectively.

The Italian word fusilli means "rifle," as the pasta is named for a corkscrew-shaped tool that is used to clean the interior of the barrel of a gun, using a "rifling" motion.

[edit] In popular culture

Fusilli was referenced in "The Fusilli Jerry", an episode of the sitcom Seinfeld, where Kramer makes a sculpture of Jerry out of fusilli.