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Terms in Italian 9871-9880 of 10470

spumante

/spoo-MAHN-teh/
[Italian]

Sparkling, usually applied to wines. The term applies to dry as well as sweet wine.

spumino

/spoo-MEE-noh/nee/
[Italian] plural spumini

Light airy biscuits (US: cookies) made from hazelnut meringue.

spumoni

/spoo-MOH-nee/
[Italian]

A dessert made with layers of different flavours of ice cream, often with candied fruit.

spungigneura

[Italian]

Black conical morel mushroom.

spungigneura falsa

[Italian]

False morel mushrooms. They are deadly poisonous if not cooked, closely resembling real morel mushrooms, being wrinkled and brown in the same way. However, morel mushrooms are symmetrical while false morels are irregular in shape and look like a brown brain, while true morels are more like a sponge. True morels have hollow stems while those of false morels are solid. Be careful to check each of these features before attempting to eat one. They have a fine flavour and are generally parboiled. They are popular in Nordic countries and in Finland especially.

spuntatura di costa

[Italian]

"Tips of the ribs." A cut from the Italian beef carcass from along the midline of the animal, level with the midlength of the ribs. In the UK this would the thick and thin ribs, becoming apparent at the removal of the brisket and flank.

squadro

/SKWAH-droh/
[Italian] plural squadri

Angel fish, fiddle fish, shark ray, angel shark.

squaquarone

[Italian]

A cheese from Romagna.

squaquerone

[Italian]

A cheese from Romagna.

srésa

/SREH-sah/
[Italian] plural srése

A dialect name in Emilia-Romagna for the cherry.