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Terms in Italian 3411-3420 of 10470

consum

/KOHN-soom/
[Italian]

Semi-circular pastries from Emilia-Romagna stuffed with sautéed greens such as spinach, perhaps with raisins and cooked in broth as dumplings. If they are fried they are called cassoni.

contadino

/kohn-tah-DEE-noh/
[Italian] plural contadini

Smallholder. Peasant farmer.

contiene muscarina

/kohn-TYEH-neh moos-kah-REE-nah/
[Italian]

Fly agaric. A type of mushroom, the classic red with white spots. Famous for its psychoactive hallucinogenic properties this is the magic mushroom and is actually poisonous to eat.

contorni accompagnamenti

/kohn-TOHR-nee ah-kohm-pah-nyah-MEHN-tee/
[Italian]

Accompaniment. A garnish or vegetable served with a meal.

contorno

/kohn-TOHR-nee/
[Italian] plural contorni

Vegetable side dish(es). May be a salad.

contorno a scelta

/kohn-TOHR-noh ah SHEHL-tah/
[Italian]

Choice of vegetables

contralacerto

/kohn-trah-lah-CHEHR-toh/
[Italian]

A name in Messina in Sicily for the fianchetto, a beef cut taken from the flank just inside the hind limb and consisting of the tensor fascialata muscle.

controfiletto (di bue)

/kohn-troh-fee-LEHT-toh/
[Italian]

Beef cut. Sirloin steak or porterhouse.

controfiletto

/KON-troh fee-LEHT-toh/
[Italian]

Beef cut. Taken from the eye of the sirloin, this is a very tender and expensive roasting joint taken from the top of the sirloin, either side of the backbone, off the bone. Can also be cut into steaks - sirloin, porterhouse, club, sirloin roast or T-bone.

convento

/kohn-VEHN-toh/
[Italian] plural conventi

Monastery. Convent.