Find the meaning of Italian food terms that you see in recipes and on our cooking courses in Tuscany

(of hotel &c) porter

pheasant; – di monte black-grouse, heathcock; – di monte maschio blackcock

bean soup

french-bean; haricot bean; – mungo mung bean; – verde green bean; string-bean

bean; – americano (di Lima) butterbean; ~ bianco haricot bean, navy bean; – coll’occhio blackeyed bean; – rosso kidney bean; – di Spagna runner bean; – verde French bean

runner-bean

stuffed pasta

thick chick-pea pancake

red or white dry wine

hunger

honey fungus

a scrummy

guinea-fowl

farce; stuffing; filling; dressing

to farce; to stuff

a stuffed; filled

filling; stuffing

to do; to cook; to prepare; to make; (of cocktails) to mix

bow-shaped pasta

flour; – di avena oatmeal; – di frumento wheat flour; – gialla cornmeal; – di glutine gluten flour; – di grano duro durum-wheat flour; ~ fine di granturco cornflour; – di granturco (~ gialla) wheat flour; – integrale wholewheat flour;

a farinaceous

farinaceous milky soup; chick-pea bread

a floury

spelt

(of vegetables) bunch

al fiarn nm baked baconed/herbed red haricot beans; beans in the oven

a made; – in casa home made

farm

(of hotel) call-boy; page-boy; delivery-boy

invoice; bill

rum bean-shaped sweet

honeycomb

fax; fax machine

to fax

handkerchief; tissue

February fecola nf flour; starch

fried offal-ed pig’s liver

(of chicken) liver

liver; a – alla veneziana (- alla veneta) fine-cut/onioned

olive oiled/garlic-ed/ salted toasted bread

female; (of hare &c) doe; (of bird) hen feriale a weekday

holiday

(of reservation) to book

to brew; to ferment; (of bread) to rise

a fermented

fermentation

malt-liquor froth; yeast; barm

a (of egg white &c) stiff

a from Ferrara

(of meat) grilled

iron; all

a (of water) ironcontaining

party; holiday; feast; feast-day; birthday; saint’s day; celebration; carnival; – d’addio leaving/farewell party; ~ con alcolici drinks party; – della birra beer festival; – di compleanno birthday party; ~ nazionale national holiday fesa : nf (of meat) rump; topside

to party; to celebrate

guest of honour

children’s teaparty

feast

(of bacon) rasher; (of bread) slice; piece; (of toast) round; (of cheese) feta; salty ewe’s milk cheese

thin/small slice; sliver; (of meat) minute-steak; cutlet; (of lemon) wedge

noodles

long strip spaghetti

(of fire) flame; alla ~ flambe

a in – aflame

to flambe; to flame; to singe

(of fire) match

flank

wine merchant’s

nm decanter; flask

fibre; roughage

fibrous-ness; stringiness

a (of meat) sinewy; stringy

fig; – d’India prickly pear; -chi mandorlati dried figs

prickly pear

fenugreek

(of cheese &c) fair

queue

a (of meat) stringy

(of old vegetables) string

a (of sugar) spun; zucchero – candyfloss

fillet; tenderloin; (of meat/fish) steak

(of cheese cutting) wire; (of knife) cutting-edge; (of liquid sugar &c) drizzle, trickle; (of french beans) string

(of bread) small baguette

(of coffee) to filter, to percolate; to strain; to sieve

a filtered

(of coffee/cigarette) filter; strainer

marsala-ed mushroom/pickles/offal/chicken livers

a (of layer/spray/powder) fine; (of produce) high-quality

a finely

to finish

a (of salt) table; (of sugar &c) fine-grained

fennel; semi di – fennel seeds

fenneled coarse-cut-pork salami

a mock; false

(of breakfast cereal) flake; (of rating) rosette; star; fresco in -hi (of cheese) cottage

(fior di latte) nm mozzarella-type cow’s milk cheese; sugar/milk/cream flavouring

flower

(of steak) grilled T bone; a alla – florentine; spinached; (of tripe) oregano or marjoram tomato-sauced

to go mouldy

(of duck) wigeon

and chips nm fish and chips

to reserve; to book

to smell

to flambe; to flame

a fluid

(of glass) flute

(of animal) seal

cake; herbed flat bread; flat cake

bun; small cake; scone; crumpet

porpoise

leaf; ~ d’alloro bay leaf

leaf; sheet; – di alluminio silver foil, kitchen foil

coot

fondant; (of chocolate) plain; melting

soup-plate

(of saucepan &c) bottom; (of pastry) pastry case; base; (of wine) lees, sediment

fondue; – alla parmigiana from Parma; white-truffled sliced and grated parmesan cheese bake

drinking fountain; (of water) well

drinking fountain

(of water) spring

soft gruyere-type cow’s milk cheese

wishbone

fork; – da scalco carving fork

forest; torta della F- Nera black forest gateau

mould; shape; (of bread) loaf; slice; (of cheese) round

cheese-seller/maker

cheese-board

processed cheese; soft cheese

cheese; – cremoso cream-cheese; – molle (- morbido) soft cheese; ~ di capra goat’s milk cheese; – molle soft cheese; – di pecora ewe’s milk cheese; – parmigiano Parmesan cheese; quattro -i four cheeses (provolone/ gruyere/belpaese/parmesan); – di soya

a (of reception) formal

(of jelly) mould; shape

(of appliance) camp-stove

(of appliance) cooker; stove; (of cooker) ring

di cibo nm caterer

oven; – di campagna country oven; – di riscaldo warm oven

a (of drink) strong; (of taste) sharp; strong; (of whisky) hard; potent; (of food) spicy; (of curry) hot

(of alcohol) strength

photo

to photograph

photograph

entrecote steak

a fragile; breakable