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Linguine Allo Scoglio | Traditional Pasta From Campania, Italy | TasteAtlas

Linguine allo scoglio

(Linguine ai frutti di mare, Spaghetti allo scoglio)

One of Italy's all-time favorites, linguine allo scoglio, often also dubbed linguine ai frutti di mare is a typical southern Italian seafood dish or piatto di mare. Back in the 1980s in the wider Neapolitan area, as well as along the entire southern Italian coast, there was reportedly not a single restaurant that didn't offer some version of such a timeless classic on its menu.


This pasta entrée is made with either linguine or spaghetti, and a combination of seafood and shellfish, preferably coming from fresh local catch of the day. Considering seafood seasonality, what Neapolitan and any other scoglio (lit. reef; rock) has to offer varies from month to month, so there is no precise recipe for this dish, and there are countless variations in existence, but the most traditional ones always include clams, mussels, shrimps, and sometimes even calamaretti or baby squids.


Pasta allo scoglio is typically flavored with white wine and garlic, and it can be prepared either in rosso or in bianco, meaning in red or white - with or without tomatoes, respectively.