Arrabbiata is a Roman sauce of garlic, tomatoes, basil (the majority of chefs in Italy don't use the basil for this recipe) and red chili cooked in olive oil. The dish is usually served with pasta, chopped fresh parsley sprinkled on top.

All'arrabbiata means "angry style", named as such due to the heat of the peppers.

[edit] In popular culture

• In The Sopranos episode "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...", Tony Soprano nicknames his new bodyguard Perry Annunziata "Penne Arrabiata," due to his hot temper.
• Penne all'arrabbiata plays a role in the "Death Star Canteen" bit by Eddie Izzard.
• In the I'm Alan Partridge episode "Room With An Alan", Chief Commissioning Editor of the BBC Tony Hayers orders Fettuccine all'Arrabbiata, to which Alan hesitantly responds "I'll have... the same, but with different shaped pasta."

[edit] External links and references

• Penne all’Arrabbiata
• Angry Penne - - Penne all'Arrabbiata

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