Also known as 'casareccia' in certain areas of Italy, casarecce is short pasta noodles with curled edges and a groove down the middle. These noodles look a bit like little rolled-up scrolls. Casarecce, which literally means 'homemade', was originally made by rolling small rectangles of dough around a thin wooden pin or metal rod, which Italians call a ‘ferro’. Many Italians still use these rods when making this, or other similar pasta, at home.