Treccioni

Treccioni are a large short pasta shaped like a braided rope. The strand twists on itself so the surface shows curves and ridges along its length. One US retailer notes ridges on the inside of the braid. The dough is durum wheat semolina and water. Producers extrude it through bronze dies, which leave a rough, porous surface, and dry it slowly. Retailers describe it as a giant short shape made to entertain the palate. No source gives dimensions.

No source states a region of origin. The producers found in this research are all in Gragnano near Naples, where Pasta Cuomo sells it as Pasta di Gragnano IGP. La Fusilleria di Gragnano dresses it with a pea cream and guanciale. A retailer suggests slightly loose tomato sauces, because the braid traps liquid. A reviewer pairs it with porcini and sausage. The shape is often compared with fusilloni and other large twisted pasta.