1. Arrabiata
A spicy pasta sauce made from milk/cream and eggs.
A spicy pasta sauce made from tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and red chilly peppers.
A spicy pasta sauce made from cheese and milk.
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2. Ganache
A rich chocolate cream mixture that can be utilised as a filling or frosting.
A rich chocolate syrup that can be poured over a cold dessert.
A rich chocolate liqueur that can be drunk after a meal.
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3. Reduction
The process whereby a sauce is cooked immediately, often in the pan where the main item is being cooked.
The process of thickening or simmering down a liquid to make it stronger in flavour.
The process of lightly and delicately steaming an item till it melts.
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4. Bouquet garni
A bunch of herbs.
A bunch of vegetables.
A bunch of spices.
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5. Compote
A dessert of clear fruit ice cream.
A dessert of fruit in sugar syrup.
A dessert of gelatine.
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6. Hollandaise sauce
A rich sauce of cream/milk, butter and flour that forms the base of many soups or pasta sauces.
A rich sauce of mayonnaise and chopped pickles eaten often with fried fish.
A rich sauce of butter, egg yolks, lemon/vinegar eaten often with Eggs Benedict.
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7. Truffle
A variety of sprouts.
A kind of a mushroom.
A rich chocolate ball.
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8. Roux
A thickening agent made from gelatine.
A thickening agent made from flour and butter/fat.
A thickening agent made from potatoes.
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9. Foccacia
A long crusty French loaf.
A thin flat round Greek bread that can be made into a pocket.
A flat Italian bread seasoned with herbs and olive oil.
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10. Gratinated
To cook with a covering layer of tomato sauce.
To cook with a covering layer of egg whites.
To cook with a covering layer of cheese or bread crumbs.
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11. Macaroon
A colourful meringue-based sandwich confection made with sugared egg whites, ground almond, food coloring and a sweet filling.
A small cookie made from ground almonds, coconut, egg whites and sometimes nuts or flavorings.
A rich cookie with chocolate chips.
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12. Carpaccio
Thin slices of cheese.
Thinly sliced meat or fish.
A variety of very thin spaghetti.
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13. Zuppa
Italian for soup.
Italian for popcorn.
Italian for ice cream.
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14. Cannelloni
A long tube-shaped pasta.
A short curved tube-shaped pasta.
A long hollow spaghetti-like pasta.
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15. Ricotta
A yellow over ripe Italian cream cheese.
A surface ripened Italian cheese with a rind.
A white unripened Italian cottage cheese.
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