A Basque dish of celery boiled and then stewed in olive oil, with white wine, tomato, garlic and parsley.
Lovage. A large unwieldy herb. Pick the stems off the leaves, tie them and hang them to dry for about 3 days. When crisp, crumble the leaves and store. Good in hotpots. Lovage seeds are used mainly in Indian cooking, and are from a plant of the caraway family. The greenish-brown seeds are a little larger than celery seeds and have a strong aroma of rather coarse thyme. Oregano can be substituted.
Aqua Bianca chilli is Spanish for "white water" and is a variety of chilli, quite blunt, and green ripening to red.
A cone of semihard cheese traditionally made with goat and sheep's milk but now more likely to be made with a mixture of cow and goat's milk. It has a mild, springy, very pale paste with a few small holes and a glossy rind the colour of butter. This cheese contains 45% fat (dry). The curds are scalded and pressed. It is available made with vegetarian rennet in which form it is suitable for vegetarians. It may be found weighing 600 g - 1.5 kg (1.¼-3 lb). Affinage is usually 1 week. The cone has a deep indentation in the top. It is also a region in north east Spain.
