Anelloni

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of pasta similar to rigatoni but with ridges on the inside. uncountable

    "The pièce de résistance, though, is a dried tubular pasta called anelloni, a fashion-forward shape that dares to wear its sauce-clinging ridges on the inside of the loop instead of on the outside"

  2. 2
    A type of pasta developed to investigate ring-shaped polymers. uncountable

    "So we decided to create our own "ring spaghetti" — or "anelloni" as we've decided to call it (anello in Italian meaning "ring")."

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"The pièce de résistance, though, is a dried tubular pasta called anelloni, a fashion-forward shape that dares to wear its sauce-clinging ridges on the inside of the loop instead of on the outside"

Etymology

Based on Italian anello (“ring”).

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