Find the meaning of Italian food terms that you see in recipes and on our cooking courses in Tuscany

(hen) bantam

cock; – cedrone nm capercaillie (caper); large grouse; – nano bantam; – della salvia sage grouse

(of measure) gallon

pink prawn

(of crustacean) prawn; shrimp

(of sea) lobster; (of freshwater) crayfish (crawfish); – imperiale king prawn; imperial prawn; – rosso large prawn

(of crustacean) king prawn

stalk; (of celery/rhubarb &c) stick

mess-tin

garage

(of drinking) without the glass touching the lips

gauze; muslin

gas; – butano butane

a fizzy; carbonated

cookery; cooking; gastronomy; (of shop) delicatessen

a gastronomic

gastronome (gastronomer); gastronomist

sea fish: dogfish; – maggiore (minore) sea fishes: bull (robin)-huss

mess-tin

lemonade

ice-cream maker; ice-cream seller

ice-cream parlour

ice-cream maker

aspic; glaze; (of fruit) jelly; jelly-bean

ice-cream; a ice cold; iced

a icy; ice-cold

to gel

oyster mushroom

mulberry

(of tea) jasmine

alpine aromatic liqueur

a (of wine) full; mellow; smooth

a genetically modified

January

a from Genoa. (of antipasto) sardo cheese/broad bean-garnished; (of veal) white wine/artichoked gerla nf basket

mallard; wild duck

(of wheat &c) germ

shoot; sprout; – di bambu bamboo-shoot; ~ dl soia beanshoot

(of restaurant/hotel) manager(ess)

shoot; sprout

(of telephone &c) token

(of nut) kernel

ice-chest; cold store

to freeze

ice-cold; frozen; (of wine) chilled

ice; con – (of whisky) on the rocks; cubetto di – ice-cube; macchina per il ~ ice machine; scomparto di – ice box; secchiello da – ice bucket; vaschetta del – ice tray

ice-lolly

drip-pan

a delicious

gourmand

delicacy; gluttony

cast-iron

Jamaica; pepe della – allspice; Jamaica pepper; pimento

(of fruit) rose-apple

sea fish: whitebait

hazel-nut chocolate; nougat

earthenware jar/jug

a fresh vegetables-garnished

garden

short shaped pasta

gigot

gin; ~ tonic gin and tonic; – fizz gin sling

juniper

(of fizzy drink) ginger

yoghurt

day

a young

Thursday

(of cattle) heifer

(of cattle) bullock

(of pancake) to toss; to stir; to turn-over

(of barbecue &c) rotating-spit

sunflower

silverside; gravy beef; (of beef) round

(of drinks) round

a (of artichokes) outwardly crisp deep-fried

jujube

June

julep giuncata nf junket g~lace a glace; marron – crystallized chestnut

(of icing) glaze, icing; – reale royal icing; hard shiny icing

to glaze; (of cake) to ice

gruyere cheese

guanaco; llama-like South American animal

cheek

ovenglove

cloakroom

cloakroom attendant

to garnish

a garnished

garnish

a (of fruit &c) bad, rotten, off; (of lift &c) out-of order

tomato sauce stew

spirits preserved

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goulash

(of mollusc) shell; (of nut) hull; (of peas) pod; (of egg) eggshell; ~ d’uovo (of porcelain) eggshell

to taste; to try; to test; to sample; to enjoy

taste; flavour

tastiness

a tasty; savoury