Trottole pasta is a curly-cue pasta shape that looks like a tight coil. Its shape clings to pasta sauce, so you get a perfect distribution of pasta:sauce with every bite. This recipe for trottole pasta is topped with a spicy-ish shrimp marinara sauce.
First, make your classic Italian tomato sauce in a large skillet. Set aside and keep warm. Prepare shrimp, dry them with a paper towel, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Second, in a large frying pan on medium heat- gently fry the shrimp with garlic and olive oil and red chili flakes. Add the white wine deglaze pan.
In a bowl, mix shrimp with garlic, 1 tablespoon of the oil and salt. Marinate, refrigerated, 1 hour. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large saute pan over high heat.
If you don't have trotolle pasta shape on hand you can use penne pasta, fusilli, cavatappi, or even rigatoni. These are great alternatives to trottole pasta- the "spinning top shape". Trotolle pasta meaning. What does "trotolle" mean in Italian?