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Terms in Italian 8331-8340 of 10470

pizzichi

/peets-TSEE-kee/
[Italian]

Small egg-pasta shapes similar to bow-ties.

pizzicotti

[Italian]

Tiny cylinders of pasta used in soups.

pizzicotti dei romani

[Italian]

Gnocchi made with finely chopped spinach and grated Parmesan cheese, bound with ricotta and eggs.

pizzoccheri

/peets-tsohk-KEH-ree/
[Italian]

Pizzoccheri are rustic buckwheat noodles layered with boiled potatoes, Savoy cabbage and melted cheese, often Bitto, and butter in the Valtellina.

pizzòcher

/peets-TSOHK-kehr/
[Italian]

A name in Valtellina for pizzoccheri. Rustic buckwheat noodles layered with boiled potatoes, Savoy cabbage and melted cheese, often Bitto, and butter in the Valtellina.

platessa

/plah-TEHS-sah/
[Italian]

Plaice

p'lenta d'iragn

/PLEHN-tah dee-RAH-nyuh/
[Italian]

Polenta made with potatoes and semolina and served with tomato sauce.

pleuroto

/pleh-oo-ROH-toh/
[Italian] plural pleuroti

Oyster mushroom family. A quite fragile, light grey mushroom with good flavour, with a cap with pronounced white gills which spreads out from a central stem.

poco alcolico

[Italian]

Low alcohol

poco cotta

/POH-koh KOHT-tah/
[Italian]

"Little cooked." Medium rare. The degree of cooking of food, such as a steak, so that it is still pink inside.