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Terms in Italian 4161-4170 of 10470

drogheria

/droh-gheh-REE-ah/
[Italian] plural drogherie

Grocery shop. "Drogha" actually refers to "drugs" but these also sell spices and condiments, packaged food, stores for the larder.

duja

/DOO-jah/
[Italian] plural duje

A fat clay pot

duja

/DOO-jah/
[Italian]

Salame della duja. A mild pork salami from Piedmont, much softer than more familiar ones, preserved in fat in a special pot called a duja. The various names of this sausage are said to derive from French "andouille". As ''ndugghia" and " 'nduglie", " 'nduja" and " 'nnuglia", it describes a very spicy sausage of Calabria, made with finely minced (US: ground) pork, lights and liver and diavolicchio chillis and where it is served with vegetable soup.

dunderet (di patate)

/doon-deh-reht (dee pah-TAH-teh)/
[Italian]

Gnocchi or dumpling made with potato, boiled and served either with cheese or in a sauce in Piedmont.

durella

/doo-REHL-lah/
[Italian] plural durelle

A hardy wine grape grown in the Veneto and used mainly in making sparkling dry white-wines of crisply acidic character.

Durello

/doo-REHL-loh/
[Italian]

A wine grape of northern Italy, particularly the Veneto, used in the production of dry, frizzante wines.

duro/dura

/DOO-roh/ah/
[Italian] plural duri / dure

Tough. Hard.

durun

/doo-ROON/
[Italian]

A name in Emilia-Romagna for the boletus, cep or porcino mushroom, often used in dried form in stews and stocks.

e

/eh/
[Italian]

And

e beccacce

/eh behk-KAH-cheh/
[Italian]

A sauce of woodcock, jointed and boned, sautéed with garlic and herbs. Red wine, brandy and the juice of tomatoes is then added and the dish is simmered and served with pasta.