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Primitivo di Manduria

/mahn-doo-REE-ah/
[Italian]

A town in Puglia where strong, sweet or dry, red wines are produced from Primitivo grapes. They may sometimes be fortified.

primizia

/pree-MEE-tsyah/
[Italian] plural primizie

The very first, early season vegetables.

primo

/eel PREE-moh/
[Italian] plural primi

"First" course, although it actually comes after the antipasto.

primo cameriere

/PREE-moh kah-meh-RYEH-reh/
[Italian] plural primi camerieri

Head waiter. In charge of the distribution of food and drink in the dining room.

primo piatto

/PREE-moh PYAHT-toh/
[Italian] plural primi piatti

"First plate." First course dish, which may be thick soup, pasta, risotto.

primo sale

/PREE-moh SAH-leh/
[Italian]

"First salt." A type of young, fresh pecorino, sheep's milk cheese of Sicily, with a light salting giving slight savour to the taste. The paste is elastic with an oily finish and it has good melting properties for cooking. Young pecorino cheeses are quite bland and this salting is an advantage. Primo has the same route as 'premier'.

probusto

/proh-BOO-stoh/proh-BOO-stee/
[Italian] plural probusti

A small pork and veal sausage from Trentino-Alto Adige smoked over birchwood and similar to German Frankfurterwürstel

Procanico

/proh-KAH-nnee-koh/
[Italian]

A grape, a sub-variety of Trebbiano, used in the making of Orvieto wines in Umbria.

prodotti alimentari

/proh-DOHT-tee ah-lee-mehn-TAH-reh/
[Italian]

Food products. Groceries.

prodotto

/proh-DOHT-toh/proh-DOHT-tee/
[Italian] plural prodotti

Product. Produce.