scarpariello

English

Etymology

Italian

Noun

scarpariello (uncountable)

1. An Italian piquant sauce of crushed tomatoes, basil and cheese.
   • 2015 August 13, Joanne Starkey, “Review: A Classically Italian Menu at Restaurant Joanina in Huntington”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Robert Oliva’s favorite dish is the chicken scarpariello.

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “"shoemaker" from scarpa meaning "shoe"”)

Noun

scarpariello m (plural scarparielli)

1. a dish of pasta in a piquant sauce of crushed tomatoes, basil and cheese, from Napoli in Campania