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pitta maniata

[Italian]

Flatbread stuffed with hard boiled eggs, crumbled sausage meat, cheese and chillis.

pitta 'nchiusa

[Italian]

A sweetened flatbread folded with raisins, nuts and grape must.

pittedra

[Italian] plural pittedre

Small panzerotti filled with quince jam.

pitte nepite

/PEET-teh neh-PEE-teh/
[Italian]

Biscuits (US: cookies), like a small tart or turnover stuffed with a mixture of ground almonds, sultanas, and chocolate in a sort of frangipane.

pittenguise

/pee-tehn-GWEE-seh/
[Italian]

A traditional Christmas gift in Calabria of a panforte-like cake of fruits, nuts and honey flavoured with cinnamon and cloves, shaped like a rosette. It is traditionally made in October and then wrapped and stored ready to present at Christmas time.

pittima reale

/peet-TEE-mah reh-AH-leh/
[Italian]

Black-tailed godwit, A tall wader with a long, straight bill. It has a broad white wing bar and a bold black band on a snow white tail. Eaten in the same way as woodcock.

pituni

/pee-TOO-nee/
[Italian]

Turnovers made by making small circles of dough and then making a filling, or fillings, of whatever might be to hand, folding the circles into half-moons and then frying them.

piviere

/pee-VYEH-reh/
[Italian]

Plover. A wading bird.

piviere dorato

/pee-VYEH-reh doh-RAH-toh/
[Italian] plural pivieri dorati

Golden plover. A bird found stalking about on moorland and, in winter, on shores and estuaries. It is the most sought-after variety of plover. If they are eaten, they are usually gutted and roasted and served on buttered toast and garnished with lemon and watercress.

pivieressa

/pee-vyeh-REHS-sah/
[Italian]

Plover. A wading bird.