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Terms in Italian 1711-1720 of 10470

bomboletta

/bohm-boh-LEH-tah/
[Italian] plural bombolette

Fritter

bomboletti di ricotta

/bohm-boh-LEHT-tee dee ree-KOHT-tah/
[Italian]

Ricotta beaten with eggs, flour, lemon peel and butter and then sautéed until golden brown and puffy. It can be dressed with honey.

bombolina

/bohm-boh-LEE-nah/
[Italian] plural bomboline

Doughnuts. Brioche.

bomboline di ricotta in brodo

/bohm-boh-LEE-nee dee ree-KOHT-tah een BROH-doh/
[Italian]

Broth with dumplings made with ricotta cheese.

bomboloni (alla crema)

/bohm-boh-LOH-nee ahl-lah KREH-mah/
[Italian] plural bombolone (alla crema)

"Big bombs." Tuscan doughnuts made from a rich yeast dough and sprinkled with sugar. They usually have no hole in the centre. "Alla crema" have custard in them. I have also seen a description of them as a ring-shaped roll.

bomboniera

/bohm-boh-NYEH-rah/
[Italian] plural bomboniere

Sweet-box. The sort of thing that sweets will be presented in at a christening or first communion.

Bonarda

/boh-NAHR-dah/
[Italian]

A variety of grape used for making red wines and grown in Lombardy and Piedmont.

bonasai

/boh-nah-SAH-ee/
[Italian]

"Very good." A soft, modern, Sardinian sheep's milk cheese, square in shape.

bonavista bean

/boh-nah-VEES-tah been/
[Italian] plural bonaviste

Field or lablab bean. Like a coarse, floury broad bean (US: fava bean).

bondeina

/bohn-deh-EE-nah/
[Italian]

A kind of capocollo, a cured, rolled shoulder of pork from the Polesine area in the south of the Veneto, made with a ox or pig casings stuffed with coarsely ground pork and beef cooked in red wine. It is smoked for about a month and then air-dried for a further two. It is large and round and is usually gently boiled and served with mashed potatoes.