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PICI
Thick short spaghetti also called Pici
Similar to spaghetti but thicker, this pasta is best eaten with ragu (meat sauce) or just simple tomato sauce.
In the various hill towns surrounding Siena, a type of spaghetti which can be made by hand, in which case they are very thick and irregular.
Traditionally they are made from flour water and salt. Pici are one of the oldest forms of pasta and their origins can be traced to the Etruscans. They used to be made with only flour and water, the food of poor country people.
These days egg is added to the dough.
