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Terms in Italian 6611-6620 of 10470

meringhe al brandy

/meh-REEN-gheh ahl BRAHN-dee/
[Italian]

Meringues flavoured with brandy.

meringhe con panna e castagne

/meh-REEN-gheh kohn PAHN-nah eh kah-STAH-nyeh/
[Italian]

Meringue with cream and chestnut purée.

merlano

/mehr-LAH-noh/
[Italian] plural merlani

Whiting. A member of the cod family with flaky, firm sweet flesh and silver sides.

merlano nero

/mehr-LAH-noh NEH-roh/
[Italian] plural merlani neri

Coal fish, saithe, coley, called pollock in the US. A cheap, marine fish related to cod and not unlike it. It has darker skin and lean, sweet flesh which is a translucent greyish-pink rather than white but lightens as it cooks. This is a good, everyday fish which is good in white fish dishes or is used for making imitation shellfish products.

merlo

/MEHR-loh/lee/
[Italian] plural merli

Blackbird

merlo (marino)

/MEHR-loh mah-REE-noh/
[Italian] plural merli (marini)

Wrasse. A very bony fish which provides good flavour for fish soups.

merluzzo

/merhl-LOOTS-tsoh/
[Italian] plural merluzzi

Cod. Often salted and dried as baccalà. It also refers to hake.

merluzzo

/merhl-LOOTS-tsoh/
[Italian] plural merluzzi

Hake

merluzzo cappellano

/mehr-LOOTS-tsoh kahp-pehl-LAH-noh/
[Italian] plural merluzzi cappellani

Capelin. A small bony fish of Arctic waters, resembling smelt and with the same cucumber smell when fresh, and treated in the same way as whiting.

merluzzo fresco

/mehr-LOOTS-tsoh FREH-skoh/
[Italian] plural merluzzi freschi

Fresh cod or hake, as opposed to the commonly available dried salt cod.