Razor shell. A type of long clam which beds itself into the sand. It is most often used in stews or served raw with a little lemon juice. It also describes short fat tubes of pasta.
A Sicilian dish of tubes of slightly bubbly pastry made with Marsala wine and fried until they are golden brown. They are filled with sweetened ricotta cheese mixed with candied peel and nuts, sometimes chunks of chocolate, deep-fried and sprinkled with icing sugar. They look a little like brandy snaps. Sometimes the filling is mixed with Amaretto liqueur.
A variety of grape used to make strong, dry or sweet red wines in Sardinia. It is the same as the Spanish Granacha, French Granache grape.
