Pasta allo scarpariello is a pasta meal from the city of Naples and the town of Aversa, Campania. It is generally made with spaghetti, tomatoes, pecorino romano, Parmigiano Reggiano, basil, chili pepper, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, and salt. In Campania, it is likewise made with scialatielli pasta and yellow tomatoes. Its name literally indicates "shoemaker's pasta", referencing an earlier time in the history of Naples of hardship when a shoemaker or cobbler could have been paid in-kind with a dish as opposed to money. Words for 'cobbler' is scarparo in Italian language.
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