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

sea fish: wrasse

gourd, calabash

complaint

lake

ptarmigan

(of knife) blade

(of mushroom) gill

complaint

lamp

chandelier

light-bulb

raspberry; salsa di ~i Melba sauce

(of fish) lamprey; – flume (of fish) lampern

baster

to lard; to interlard

larding

lardon

fatty bacon

a tardy; fatty

a large; (of helping) generous

long flat crimped pasta

freshwater fish: dace

(of food) to leave; to allow; (of umbrella &c) to leave behind

milk; – condensato condensed milk; – evaporato evaporated milk; – intero whole-milk, full-cream milk; -a lunga conservazione longlife milk; – omogeneizzato homogenized milk; – parzialmente scremato semi-skimmed milk; – pastorizzato pasteurized milk; –

honey-ed cream

a milk; milky; farina -a baby’s cereal

buttermilk

dairy produce

milk-jug

a dairy

a milky

tin, can

lactoflavin

suck(I)ing-pig

lactose, milk-sugar

lettuce; ~ cappuccina cabbage lettuce; ~ crespa curly lettuce; – romana cos lettuce

lamb’s lettuce

(of flavouring) bay

washing machine

hand-basin

finger-bowl

blackboard; slate

lavender

laundry

kitchen sink; wash-basin

(of person) dishwasher

to wash; – i piatti to wash-up

freshwater fish: lavaret; houting

(of machine) dishwasher

(of kitchen) sink

to work; (of dough) to knead

(of region) Latium

lollipop

(of spit) drip-pan

lick leccornia nf delicacy; tit-bit

a milk legare vt (of poultry &c) to truss

(of wine &c) lightness

a (of consistency) light; low-fat; thin; (of meal) light; snacky

wood; carbone di ~ charcoal

A (of meat) tough

legume; vegetable; pulse

(of crockery) vegetable dish

(of protein) legumin

lentil lento a slow

hare; – in salmi jugged hare

leveret, young hare

to boil lessato a boiled

a boiled; stewed

(of sleep) bed; matrimoniale double-bed; -i gemelli twin beds

stoner

(of fruit skin) to peel

sea fish: marlin libare W to sup; to drink

a (of table &c) free

cookery-book; ~ degli ospiti visitors-book

(of bread) to leaven

a (of bread) leavened

(of bread) leavening

yeast; – in polvere bakihg powder

a (of yoghurt &c) light

a (of region) Ligurian; alla – (of fish) deep-fried cheese/herb/mushroom stuffed

sea fish: lemon sole

lime

lemonade

lemon liqueur

lemon

limousine

a (of wine &c) clear

horseshoe crab; king crab

(of meat) tongue; – di bue beefsteak mushroom; ox tongue; – di castagno mushroom: ‘chestnut tongue’

long flat pasta

long narrow flat pasta

a freeze-dried

to melt; to thaw

a melted; runny

a liquid; (of honey) clear; (of soup) consomme; (of sauce) runny

(of confectionery) liquorice

liqueur; digestif; strong drink

distillery; liquor shop; off-licence

a (of wine) fortified

(of money) lira

(of fish) bone; backbone

a (of skin &c) smooth; (of alcohol &c) neat, straight; (of coffee) black

a (of fish &c) bony

(of shopping/prices &c) list; – degli invitate guest-list; – della spesa shopping-list; dei vini wine-list; – delle vivande menu

lychee

litre

mollusc: winkle

a (of fish) tomato-sauced littorina : nf mollusc: winkle

Leghorn

Thermidor lobster Thermidor; lobster mornay

a (of speciality/wine) local; regional; of the area

locality

tavern; inn; hostelry

innkeeper

of sea fish: angler, frogfish, monkfish

a(of region) Lombard (Lombardic)

(of meat) chine; loin; sirloin; backbone-containing joint

(of meat) small loin; small chine

sirloin, loin, chine, saddle; i due – del bue baron of beef, double sirloin lompo nm sea fish: lumpfish; uova di ~ lumpfish caviare

long drink

(of meat) loin

lozenge

sea fish: pike

(of silver &c) to polish

freshwater-fish: pikeperch

garlic pork sausage

july

snail; mollusc: slug; -e snail-shaped pasta

large shell-shaped pasta

short hollow ribbed pasta

Monday

curved chopping knife

a long; (of soup) thin; (of coffee) weak

(of confectionery) lemon sweet

(of beer) hops

luxury

a luxurious

sea fish: red snapper