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Cooking with MARCELLA · Nov 25, 2025

Prawns in Tomata and Chilli - Umido di gamberi al pomodoro piccante

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Lisa McLean · Cooking with MARCELLA

This classic Italian shrimp recipe from Marcella Hazan brings together olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, and chili in a quick-cooking sauce that captures the essence of coastal Italian cooking. In this post, I explore how the recipe evolved across Marcella’s books and cook the original version to see what it still has to teach.

Marcella Hazan's prawns in tomato and chilli
Prawns with Tomatoes and Hot Pepper - Umido di gamberi al pomodoro piccante

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Before we begin, a small word about names. Here in Australia, these sweet, sea-bright creatures are prawns, while many of my readers know them only as shrimp. To Marcella they were gamberi, and depending on the edition of her books they were eithe…

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