An acid-cured fresh curd cows milk cheese from Liguria, almost like a soured cream (US: cultured sour cream) or yogurt. Il Prescinseua can be found in supermarkets in Liguria and is sold in small tubs like cottage cheese. It can be used in cooking. Also known as prescinseha.
Boletus, cep or porcino mushroom, often used in dried form in stews and stocks.
Summer cep or bolete mushroom. A round, brown-capped mushroom with nutty flavour.
A plant providing a vegetarian version of rennet, used in cheese-making. The royal blue flowers of a thistle or wild artichoke plant, related to the cardoon, are dried. The stamens are then picked out, soaked and the resulting liquid added to milk where it acts as a substitute for rennet.
"Parsleyed." Something made with parsley as a major ingredient, such as a salad, sauce or potatoes sprinkled with parsley.
