Italian Cooking Terms

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1. When pasta is boiled just until you feel resistance on your tooth when you test it for being done, it's commonly known as what? Pesto Undonde Risotto Al dente

2. What are you making when you mix eggs and thinly cut up vegetables (like potatoes and broccoli) and fry or bake them in a skillet? Risotto Frittata Pasta e fajole Ricotta

3. You're in the grocery store or Italian market and see small fresh balls of mozzarella floating in a liquid. What's the correct name for what you're looking at? Marsala Bocconcini Pesto Rigatoni

4. You are making a popular Italian dish. You've layered wide flat noodles, ricotta, parmesan (or reggiano), sauce and sometimes ground beef into a pan and then you're going to bake it. What yummy meal are you making? Lasagna Manicotti Pesto Cannoli

5. You are crushing fresh basil leaves, garlic, pecorino or parmesan, olive oil and pine nuts together. You plan to pour the resulting mixture over your pasta. What are you making? Pesto Mexo Miso Gnocchi

6. What is "gnocchi"? Dumplings Cheese Salty fish A dessert

7. Antipasto is most often eaten as an appetizer. True False

8. What is marsala? A fortified wine A soft drink An aged cheese A house in Tuscany

9. Aioli is delicious on cold or grilled veggies and fish, crabcakes and other shellfish. It's yummy on potatoes and artichokes too. But what is it? Garlic mayonnaise Balsamic vinegar Polenta Pesto

10. Mozzarella, Parmigiano, ricotta, gorgonzola and provolone are all examples of what? Cheese Sauce Pasta Antipasto