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torchietti
pasta 'torches'
Or rather, many pasta shapes. At least twenty of them around Italy, none exactly the same but all delicate and pretty; the word means 'little torches'. Also known torcoletti.
Chocolates or cookies in a similar shape are also sometimes called torchietti.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by ilcorvopasta