Antipasti

Starters

Antipasto della casa

The house starter

Antipasti misti

Mixed starters

Bagna Caoda

Anchovies and garlic dip [often served with small pieces of fresh vegetables]

Bresaola

Dried raw meat

Bruschetta

A particular bread toasted with garlic olive oil and often tomatoes

Cacciatorini

Cured and cooked salami

Carciofi [sottolio]

Artichokes [in oil]

Cozze alla Napoletana

Mussels with a spicy tomato sauce

Frutti di mare

Seafood

Funghi [trifolati]

Mushrooms [with anchovies, garlic and lemon]

Farinata

Flat bread made from chick-pea meal and olive oil baked in a wood oven or fried

Focaccia

Pizza like flat bread, soft inside, crisp outside. Comes with various toppings such as cheese, oinions, olives or simply garnished with rosemary and salt

Gamberi ai [fagioli]

Prawns or shrimps [with white beans]

Lardo

Bacon fat

Insulata Mista [verde]

Mixed salad [green]

Insulata Russa

Diced vegetables in mayonnise – a bit like coleslaw

Mozzarella [in carrozza]

Cow or buffalo soft cheese [fried with bread in batter

Mozzarella and Pomodori

Cow or buffalo cheese with tomatoes

Peperoni with Bagna Caoda

Peppers served with  a garlic and anchovy dip

Prosciutto crudo con melone

Cured ham with melon

Prosciutto  cotto

Cooked ham

Salicce

Sauasages

Vol au vent di funghi porcini

Vol a vant with porcini mushrooms

Vitello Tonnato

Sliced veal with a tuna mayonnaise sauce

Minestre e Pasta

Soups and Pasta

Agnolotti

Ravioli filled with meat or vegetables

Cacciucco

Spicy fish soup

Cappelletti

Small ravioli often in broth

Crespelle

Crepes

Frittata

Omelette

Minestra di verdura

Vegetable broth

Orecchiette

Ear-shaped pasta

Panzerotti

Ravioli with mozzarella anchovies and egg

Pappardelle alla lepre

Pasta with hare sauce

Pasta e fagioli

Soup with beans bacon tomatos and pasta

Pastini in brodo

Small pasta in broth

Penne all’arrabbiata

Round quill shaped pasta with tomatoes and hot peppers

Polenta

Dough made from corn semolina, normally served with a sauce

Ravioli

Flat filled pasta parcels

Risotto [alla Milanese]

Italian rice [with stock, saffron wine and cream]

Spaghetti all’amartriciana

Spaghetti with spiced bacon, tomato, oinion and chilli sauce

Spaghetti alle vangole

Spaghetti with clam sauce

Stracciatella

Broth with eggs and cheese

Tagliatelle

Flat egg noodles

Tortellini

Crescent shaped pasta parcels

Vermicelli

Very thin spaghetti

Carne

Meat

Abbacchio

Milk- fed lamb

Agnello

Lamb

Anatra

Duck

Animelle

Sweetbreads

Arista

Loin of Pork

Arrosto misto

Mixed roast meats

Bocconcini

Veal mixed with cheese and ham then fried

Bollito misto

Mixed boiled meats or stew

Braciola

Chop

Brasato di manzo/ al Barolo

Braised beef with vegetables/ in Barolo wine

Cacciagione

Game

Carne di castrato

Mutton

Carpaccio

Thinly sliced raw cured beef

Cassoeula

Pork and cabbage stew

Cervello

Brains

Cervo

Venison

Cinghaile

Boar

Coniglio

Rabbit

Castoletta/Cottoleta

Cutlet/chop

Fagiano

Pheasant

Faraona [alla creta]

Guinea fowl [cooked in earthenware pot]

Fegato alla veneziana

Stuffed liver - normally of veal

Fettina

Thinly sliced portion of meat

Lepre [in salmi]

Hare [marinated in wine]

Lumache

Snails

Maiale [al latte]

Pork [cooked in milk]

Manzo

Beef

Osso buco

Braised veal knuckle

Pancetta

Bacon

Pernice

Partridge

Petto di pollo [alla fiorentina/Bolognese/sorpresa

Boned chicken breast [fired in butter/with ham and cheese/stuffed and deep fried]

Piccione

Pigeon

Pizzaiola

Beef in tomato and oregano sauce

Pollo

Chicken

Polpette

Meatballs

Quaglie

Quails

Rane

Frogs

Ragnoni

Kidneys

Salame di patate

Pork mixed with boiled potatoes and served fried or on bread

Saltimbocca

Veal, ham and sage cooked in wine

Scaloppine

Thinly sliced veal cooked in butter

Spezzatino

Pieces of veal or beef usually stewed

Spiedino

Meat on a skewer

Stufato

Beef and vegetables braised in wine

Tacchino

Turkey

Trippa

Tripe

Uccellatti

Small birds on a skewer

Vitello

Veal

Pesce

Fish

Accuighe or alici

Anchovies

Anguilla

Eel

Aragosta

Lobster

Aringa

Herring

Baccala

Dried salt cod

Bonito

Small tuna

Branzino

Sea Bass

Calamari

Squid

Cappe sante

Scallops

Cefalo

Mullet

Coda di rospo

Angler fish

Cozze

Mussels

Datteri di mare

Razor mussels

Dentice

Denetex [similar to perch fish]

Fritto misto

Mixed fried fish

Gamberetti

Shrimps

Gamberi

Prawns

Granchio

Crab

Insalata di mare

Seafood salad

Lampreda

Lamprey

Merluzzo

Cod

Nasello

Hake

Orata

Bream

Ostriche

Oysters

Passera

Flounder

Pesce azzurro

Various small fish

Pesce spada

Swordfish

Polipi/polpi

Octopus

Rombo

Turbot

Sarde

Sardines

Seppie

Cuttlefish

Sgrombo

Mackerel

Sogliola

Sole

Squadro

Monkfish

Stoccafisso

Wind dried cod

Tonno

Tuna

Triglia

Red mullet

Trota

Trout

Trota salmonata

Salmon trout

Vangole

Small clams

Zuppa di pesce

Fish in sauce or stew

Contorni - verdura

Side dishes - vegetables

Aglio

Garlic

Asparagi

Asparagus

Broccoli [ calabrese, romana]

Broccoli [green, spiral]

Carciofi

Artichokes

Carote

Carrots

Cavolfiori

Cauliflower

Cavalo

Cabbage

Ceci

Chickpeas

Cetriolo

Cucumber

Cipolla

Onion

Fagioli

White beans

Fagiolini

French green beans

Fave

Broad beans

Finocchio

Fennel

Funghi [porcini]

Mushrooms [boletus]

Insalata [mista/verde]

Salad [mixed/green]

Lattuga

Lettuce

Lenticchie

Lentils

Mais

Corn

Melanzane

Aubergine, eggplant

Patate [fritte]

Potatoes [fried]

Peperonata

Stewed peppers

Peperoncini

Hot chilli peppers

Peperoni

Sweet peppers

Piselli [al prosciutto]

Peas [with ham]

Pomodori

Tomatoes

Porri

Leeks

Prezzemolo

Parsley

Radicchio

Red chicory

Radice

Radish

Rapa

Turnip

Rosmarino

Rosemary

Rucola

Rocket

Salvia

Sage

Sedano

Celery

Spinaci

Spinach

Tartufi

Truffles

Verdure

Greens

Zucca

Pumpkin

Zucchini

Courgettes

Dolci

Desserts

Amaretti

Macaroons

Cannoli

Tubes of crisp pastry filed with ricotta, cream, chocolate or fruit

Coppa gelato

Assorted ice cream

Craostata

Fruit flan

Gelato [produzione propria]

Ice cream [homemade]

Gianduia

Chocolate with crushed hazelnuts on lady fingers

Granita

Flavoured ice often coffee or lemon

Pandolce

A cake from  Genoa which is filled with raisins, pine nuts and candied fruit

Panettone

Candied fruit and raisin cake

Panforte

Dense cake of chocolate, almonds and preserved fruit

Panna

Cream

Semifreddo

Refrigerated cake

Spumone

Soft ice cream

Tiramisu

Sponge fingers, mascarpone, coffee and chocolate

Torrone

Nougat

Torta

Cake. tart

Torta di nocciole

Hazelnut cake

Zabaglione

Eggs and Marsala wine served hot

Zuppa inglese

Trifle

Formaggio

Cheese

Bel paese

Soft white cows cheese

Cacio/caciocavallo

Pale yellow sharp cheese

Caprino

Goats cheese

Fontina

Rich cows cheese

Grana Padana

Hard, aged cheese piquant like parmesan

Groviera

Mild cheese [gruyere]

Gorgonzola

Soft blue cheese with a distinctive falvour

Parmigianio

Parmesan cheese

Pecorino

Sharp sheep’s cheese

Provolone

Sharp, tangy cheese, ‘dolce’ is milder

Robiola di Roccaverano

DOP goats cheese

Stracchino

Soft white cheese

Frutta

Fruit and Nuts

Albicocche

Apricots

Ananas

Pineapple

Arance

Oranges

Banane

Bananas

Castagna

Chestnutt

Ciliege

Cherries

Cocomero

Watermelon

Composta di frutta

Stewed fruit

Datteri

Dates

Fichi

Figs

Fragole

Strawberries

Frutta di stagione

Fruit in season

Lamponi

Raspberries

Limone

Lemons

Macedonia di frutta

Fruit salad

Manderino

Tangerine

Mandorla

Almond

Melagrana

Pomegranate

Mele

Apples

Melone

Melon

More

Blackberries

Nocciole

Hazelnuts

Noci

Walnuts

Pera

Pear

Pesca

Peach

Pesca Noce

Nectarine

Pinoli

Pine nuts

Pompelmo

Grapefruit

Prugna/susina

Prune/plum

Uva secca

Raisin

Uva

Grapes

Miscellaneous terms

Miscellaneous terms

Aceto [balamico]

Vinegar [balsamic]

Affumicato

Smoked

Alla brace

On embers

Burro

Butter

Buta stupa

When unfinished bottles of wine are re-corked and given to the customer to take home

Colazione

Breakfast

Cena

Dinner

Diritto di tappo

Cork right – corkage charge

Filetto

Fillet

Forno

Oven

Ghiaccio

Ice

In bianco

Without tomatoes

Latte

Milk

Magro

Lean meat/pasta without meat

Marmellata

Jam

Menta

Mint

Menu degustazione

 A set priced gourmet meal

Menu a prezzo fisso

Fixed-price menu

Miele

Honey

Mostarda

Sweet mustard sauce eaten with boiled meats

Pane [tostato]

Bread [toasted]

Panini

A bread roll normally served with filling

Pepe

Pepper

Piatto

Plate

Piatto di il giorno

Plate of the day

Pranzo

Lunch

Ripieno

Stuffed

Sale

Salt

Salmi

Wine marmalade

Salsa

Sauce

Senape

Mustard

Tramezzini

Sandwiches in sliced bread

Uovo

Egg

Zucchero

Sugar