This Italian food glossary is just t its beginning. It will grow by itself, and also fed by your
questions
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It is intended to give you answers that may seem obvious ...but they aren't. Or maybe they seem to be obvious, and you feel ashamed to ask for!
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| amaretto |
candies made with sweet and bitter almonds. There was an Italian
almond loquor named amaretto that changed name but it is still a way to
ask for this kind of drink. |
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ammazza caffè |
Alcoholic beverages (mainly liquors) used after a meal as a
digestive drink |
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antipasto |
the first dish of a meal, usually cold cuts, olives or seafood salad |
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aperitivo |
aperitif.. Italian daily use mainly before lunch time |
| bresaola |
Italian cold cut made with calf meat |
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cornetto |
most common pastry used for Italian breakfast. French croissant |
| frizzante |
sparkling white wine |
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Grana Padano |
typical cheese that comes from a specified region of Italy |
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Grappa |
distilled drink made of Italian grapes' skin |
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mortadella |
Italian typical cold cut make with pork meat |
| panna cotta |
Italian dessert made with milk cream |
|
Parma |
Italian city and name of a raw ham producers consortium |
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Parmigiano Reggiano |
typical cheese that can be produced ONLY in a specified Italian
region |
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pasta |
It can be referred to pasta cooked for a main meal, or pastry
commonly served in Italian breakfast |
| peperone |
vegetable very used in Italian cuisine, it can be red, yellow or
green |
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prosciutto cotto |
cooked ham, the one used in toasts and pizza |
|
prosciutto crudo |
raw ham |
| ragu |
typical italian sauce made with grounded meat and has a long cooking
time |
| salame |
Italian cold cut with pork meat |
| salsiccia |
pork sausage |
| sorbetto |
a light ice cream made oly with fruit and water, sometimes it's
served between a fish and a meat dish |
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speck |
smoked raw ham |
| spumante |
sprinkle wine |
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sugo |
typical italian tomato sauce |
| tiramisu |
Means "pull me up", Italian typical dessert with mascarpone cheese
and coffee |
| vino novello |
young wine, to be drunk in the next few months after its production |