I'm not sure, but I think the term fra diavolo comes from a famous Italian bandit and soldier, who went by the name Fra Diavolo (friar devil) who was captured and hung by the French in 1806.

The sauce’s spiciness — jarred or homemade — makes it the perfect base for the fra diavolo sauce, which means “Brother Devil.” The light, tomato-based sauce is heated up with dried or ...

And although store-bought pasta sauce is fine as is, Ina Garten shares how she likes to spice up a basic store-bought pasta sauce and turn it into a delicious Fra Diavolo shrimp dish.

Bring restaurant-level flavor home with this easy Shrimp and Linguine Fra Diavolo, a fiery Italian-American classic. With tender shrimp, a bold tomato-chili sauce, and perfectly cooked pasta ...

(OLD COLORADO CITY, Colo.) — Chef Franco Pisani, owner and chef at Paravicini’s Italian Bistro and Ristorante di Sopra, cooks ...

In Italy, they do make a sauce with lobsters with which they dress pasta and risotto, but it is in the form of brodetto, seafood stew -- lighter than the Italian-American fra diavolo, made with ...

Fra diavolo — which is Italian for "Brother Devil" — is the name given to a spicy sauce for pasta or seafood. Lidia Bastianich’s recipe is a fast, easy and inexpensive way to get dinner on ...

Fra diavolo is a spicy tomato sauce served over linguine and shellfish that roughly translates to “among the devil. Gabrielle Puglisi Many Italian American families participate in the ritual of ...

In the Italian-American favorite lobster fra diavolo (literally “brother devil”), whole shell-on lobsters enhance a spicy tomato sauce, which is tossed with spaghetti. Many markets will cook ...