fra diavolo
Noun
Meaning
fra diavolo (uncountable)
A spicy tomato sauce for pasta or seafood, made with crushed red pepper, garlic, onions, and herbs.
Examples
Chef Evan Rich is busting out his spin on an Italian “red sauce” menu (think roasted sweetbread picatta, Monterey squid Fra Diavolo, and eggplant Parmesan).
Heartier dishes available for later meals include seafood platters like the Fra Diavolo, seafood bread bowl and loaded French fries and more than half a dozen gourmet varieties of foot-long hot dogs.
Levi later recounted this series of events in the short story "Fra Diavolo on the Po".
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