"Compass." Ring-shaped butter biscuits (US: cookies) popular in Friuli. They are made with rosolio, a type of lemon or rosewater.
"Alms box." A potato and lemon cake from Lombardy or a sweet cake flavoured with Marsala from the Veneto.
A Sardinian name for bottarga. The roe of grey mullet (US: striped mullet) or tuna, preferably the former, dried, salted and then weighted until the liquid is expelled. It is usually sliced very thinly and served on toast or egg, or crumbled into a salad. It is also good with fresh fennel or shaved into pasta.
Burrini. A creamy cow's milk cheese from Basilicata, Calabria and Molise with an outer layer of butter or small caciocavallo cheeses with butter enclosed in the middle. It is usually served sliced.
"Sparks of fire." A red wine from the DOC zone of Oltrepò Pavese in Lombardy and made from a number of grapes, predominantly Barbera.
Dried, salted roe of the female of the tuna, usually sliced thin on toast or in a salad. It is also good with fresh fennel or shaved into pasta. More commonly called bottarga.
The roe of grey mullet (US: striped mullet) or tuna, preferably the former, dried, salted and then weighted until the liquid is expelled. It is usually sliced very thinly and served on toast or egg, or crumbled into a salad. It is also good with fresh fennel or shaved into pasta. More commonly called bottarga.
