Calamarata

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Calamarata
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Type Pasta
Place of origin Italy
Region or state Naples, Campania [1]

Calamarata is a type of thick ring pasta, often dyed with black squid ink to resemble sliced calamari. [2]

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References

  1. Bonetto, Cristian; Sainsbury, Brendan (2016). Napoli, Pompei e la Costiera Amalfitana (in Italian). Torino, Italy: Lonely Planet. ISBN   978-88-592-6441-5.
  2. Scaravella, Jody (2015). Nonna's House: Cooking and Reminiscing with the Italian Grandmothers of Enoteca Maria. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 127. ISBN   978-1-4767-7411-4.