Button onions. Small onions picked at an early stage. Commonly used for pickling and in dishes requiring small onions such as beef bourguignonne.
Any dish cooked in a pastry case with a lid. This may be either savoury or sweet. If you remove the pastry lid it becomes a tart.
Of course, pie chart as an expression was taken from exactly this - a pie with a section taken out of it. But it is funny to see it recovered for the pie! I apologise for not acknowledging this properly. It arrived as an attachment but I do not know where it came from originally. If it was you, let me know and I will gladly acknowledge you!
The acid, or sour cherry is a much smaller fruit than the sweet cherry and is used for jam (US: jelly) and preserve making. The two best known varieties are the Morello and the Montmorency.
is a compound butter, in the style of the Piedmont region of Italy home of the great italian wines, Barolo, Barbera, Barbareso, and Nebbiolo. Softened, unsalted butter mixed with grated Parmesan, lemon zest and nutmeg.
Piedmont is the anglicised name for Piemonte, a region in the extreme north west of Italy bordering Switzerland and France. This is a large wine producing area and includes the forests at the foothills of the Alps from which come truffles, mushrooms and game. Rice, including high quality risotto rice, and maize are produced on the fertile plains of the Po river. It includes Alba, Novara, Vercelli, Torino, Asti, Alessandria and Cúneo. Cheeses of note include Gorgonzola and Bra. Here you are more likely to find polenta than pasta. Meats are likely to appear in stews rather than grilled. Meaty red wines include Barolo and Barbaresco as well as Dolcetto and Asti Spumante.
