C to E Flashcards
Cabillaud
Cod fish
Cabra
Goat in Spanish
Cabrilla
Sea Bass
Cacahuates
Peanuts
Cafe
Coffee
Cafe Con Leche
Espresso coffee with steamed milk, café au lait
Cafe Cortadito
Espresso coffee with a dash of steamed milk
Cafe Solo
Espresso coffee alone, (no milk)
Caille
Quail
Cala
Rocky bay, cove
Calabacita
A variety of summer squash found in Latin American and Mexican cooking.
Calabaza
Pumpkin, squash
Calamari
The Italian word for squid
Calcots
Spring onion (scallion)
Caldereta (Kaldereta)
Casserole, most often based on lamb or kid (Extremadura) and lobster (Menorca)
Caldero
Heavy iron pot, by association, or a fish and rice dish made in this pot
Caldo
Stock, consomme, clear broth
Caldo Verde
A Portuguese soup made from a sharp flavored cabbage, potatoes, broth, and olive oil. Sausage is then cooked in the soup.
Calentar
To heat or warm
California Roll
A Sushi roll, typically consisting of Nori seaweed and rice, wrapped around crab meat, smelt or flying fish roe, avocado, and cucumber.
Callos
Scallops
Calzone
A savory turnover made with pizza dough. Traditionally stuffed with tomatoes, mozzarella, fresh ricotta, and/or meat, then folded, and baked or fried. Often served with sauce over the top rather than inside.
Camarones
Shrimp
Camotes
Sweet Potatoes
Cana
Small serving of draft beer
Canapé
Small open-faced sandwiches served as snacks or for lunch. They may be served hot or cold, but they are often elaborately garnished.
Canard
Duck
Canard Sauvage
Wild duck
Canela
Cinnamon
Canelones
“cannelloni,” pasta tubes stu#ed with minced meats and bechamel sauce
Canestrini
Small pasta used in soup.
Cangrejo
Crab
Cangrejo or Jaiba
Crab
Cannaroni
Wide, hollow, tubular pasta. A larger version of Ziti pasta.
Cannelloni
“big pipes”; this hollow cylindrical pasta is stu#ed and baked.
Cannelloni beans
White oval shaped beans are frequently used in Italian dishes.
Cannoli
A Sicilian specialty pastry named for its cannon-like shape. This elaborately flavored dough is rolled and shaped around a metal cylinder, then deep fried. When cooled, the crisp cookie-like tubes are filled with a sweetened ricotta mixture, pastry whipped cream, or sugary almond pistachio paste, and enriched with candied fruits or small bits of chocolate.
Cantaloupe
Melon
Cantucci
Tuscan almond cookies that resemble small Biscotti.
Cantuccini
Tuscan almond cookies that resemble small Biscotti.
Capa
Layer
Capellini
Literally “fine hair”; fine strands of pasta that are usually used in soup.
Caperberries
The fruit of the caper bush, which appear after the flowers. They are usually preserved in brine, and are most often served in the same way as olives, as a garnish for salads, or in a martini.
Capers
Sun-dried flower buds that are pickled in vinegar and salt brine. The pungent flavor offers piquancy to many sauces and condiments. Traditionally used as a garnish for meat and vegetable dishes.
Capicolla
A coarse Italian pork sausage. Usually highly seasoned, this sausage is served cold, thinly sliced, as for prosciutto.
Capocolla
Seasoned cured ham that is thinly sliced and served in antipasto platters.
Capon
A castrated chicken that is savored for its delicate taste and texture. Once castrated, the chicken would become fattened, yielding tender, juicy flesh. This method of raising chickens is not practiced much anymore, since most chickens are butchered at a young age and still very tender.
Caponata
Best known as a spread or cold salad containing eggplant, celery, tomatoes, raisins, and pine nuts seasoned with vinegar and olive oil. Modern variations will add other vegetables such as zucchini and season it with fresh herbs.
Capsicum
The family name for sweet and hot peppers.
Caracol
Snail
Caramel
Melted sugar to the brown stage
Caramelize
A process of cooking sugar (usually with oil or butter) until it begins to color; foods containing natural sugars will caramelize in their own sugars
Caramelize to
To cook to release natural sugars, or until reaching brown color
Carbonara
A rich sauce made with cream, eggs, Parmesan or Pecorino Romano cheese, sauteed pieces of bacon, and vegetables.
Carbonnade
Braised steak
Carcasse
Bone structure without the meat
Cardamom
Aromatic seeds used for baking, flavoring coffee and exotic Scandinavian and Indian dishes. Excellent when freshly ground. Botanical name: Elettaria cardamomum.
Cardinal
Fish dishes which have sauces made with lobster fumet and are garnished with lobster meat.
Cardoon
A vegetable from the artichoke family that looks like celery. Cardoons may be eaten raw or cooked and served like any vegetable.
Carnaroli
Premium firm Risotto rice
Carne
Meat
Carne de Res
Beef
Carne De Salchicha
Sausage meat
Carne Picada
Minced meat
Carnero
Lamb
Carnes
Meats
Carob
The seed from the carob tree which is dried, ground, and used primarily as a substitute for chocolate.
Carpaccio
A raw beef appetizer topped with a mustard-mayonnaise sauce or olive oil and parmesan cheese. Often paired with raw white truffles.
Carpe
Carp
Carre
Rack of veal or lamb
Carrelet
Flounder
Cartouche
A greased round of paper used to cover meats during cooking process
Cáscara
“Shell” in Spanish. Usually refers to citrus rinds.
Caserola
Saucepan, pan
Casqueria
Variety meats, offal
Casserole
A fireproof dish, or food prepared in a casserole dish
Cassis
Black currant & black currant liqueur
Cassoulet
A dish from southwest France consisting of white beans and an assortment of meats such as confit, lamb, pork, and Toulouse sausage. The dish is enriched with large amounts of duck fat and is baked until the top is brown and crispy. Can sometimes include seafood and lentils. Served alone or with a light, bitter salad.
Castaña
Chestnut
Caul Fat
The stomach lining of pork which is used in place of back fat for pates and to encase crepinettes.
Cava
A type of quality Spanish sparkling white wine produced by the bottle fermentation method, Methode Champenoise.
Cavatelli
Small shell-shaped pasta with slightly rolled-in edges. Served best with chunky sauces, and salads requiring pasta that will hold sauces and dressings. Simil Gnocchetti and Rotini.
Caviar
These are the eggs of sturgeon that have been salted and cured. Grading for caviar is determined by the size and color of the roe and the species of the sturgeon. Beluga caviar, which is the most expensive of the three types of caviar, are dark gray in color and are the largest eggs. Ossetra caviar are light to medium brown and are smaller grains than beluga. Sevruga caviar are the smallest grains, the firmest in texture and are also gray in color. Pressed caviar is made of softer, lower quality eggs and have a stronger, fishier flavor. The term malossol is used to describe the amount of salt used in the initial curing process. The roe from other fish such as salmon, lumpfish, and whitefish are not considered caviar, regardless of their label. They should be addressed as roe. Caviar should be served as simply as possible. Traditional accompaniments, inspired by the Russians, are sour cream, blinis, and ice cold vodka. Lemon and mince onion are often served with caviar, but their flavors will only detract from the pure delicate flavor of the caviar.
Cayenne
A hot red pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Made from drying and grinding the small orange-red fruits of several pungent species of the bell pepper family, native to the Cayenne region of French Guyana in northern South America. Due to its heat, it should be used sparingly. An ingredient in picante pimentón de la Vera.
Cazón
Dogfish, shark
Cazuelas
Terra cotta earthenware dishes which are glazed on the inside and normally unfinished on the outside. They are the most common pieces of Spanish cooking equipment, it retains heat long after the dish has been removed from the stove. These dishes, usually wide and shallow, come in individual as well as casserole sizes. If earthenware frequently are in Spain, they should first be cured in water to prevent cracking. An alternative is to place a metal mesh burner cover over the flame to better distriute heat.
Cebolla
Onion
Cebolla De Verdeo
Scallion (young onion)
Cebolleta
Shallot
Cebollita
Green Onion
Cecina
Dry-cured beef, typical of Castilla-León, where it is salted, smoked, and cured. As with dry cured jamón serrano, cecina is served very thinly sliced.
Celeriac
The root of a type of celery with a firm texture and a clean, sweet flavor of celery.
Celeri-rave
Celeriac or celery root
Cellophane Noodles
These thin, translucent, flavorless threads of noodle, made from green gram flour, provide texture to the base of soup and stir fried dishes.
Celsius
a temperature scale in which 0 (zero) is freezing and 100 degrees is boiling or steaming
Cena
Supper, evening meal served later in the evening, after tapas
Cepe
Edible fungus, native to the mushroom family
Cepes
A wild mushroom of the boletus family known for their full flavor and meaty texture.
Cepillo
Brush
Cerdo
Pork
Cerdo Picado
Minced pork
Cerfeuil
Chervil
Cerise
Cherry
Cerveceria
Beer bar
Cervelle
Brain
Cerveza
Beer
Cervil
A mild-flavored member of the parsley family, this aromatic herb has curly, dark green leaves with an elusive anise flavor. Though most chervil is cultivated for its leaves alone, the root is edible and was, in fact, enjoyed by early Greeks and Romans. Today it is available dried but has the best flavor when fresh. Both forms can be found in most supermarkets. It can be used like parsley but its delicate flavor can be diminished when boiled.
Ceviche
a South American dish of marinated raw fish or seafood, typically garnished and served as an appetizer.
Chaat
Salty snacks served with an array of sweet and spicy chutneys.
Chai
The Indian name for tea, often served with milk and sugar.
Chakin Sushi
Vinegar rice wrapped in a thin egg crepe.
Chakin Zushi
Vinegar rice wrapped in a thin egg crepe.
Champignon
Mushroom
Champiñones
Mushrooms
Chanterelle
A wild mushroom with a golden color and a funnel-shaped cap. The whole mushroom is edible and is savored for its exquisite flavor and firm texture when cooked.
Chanterelles
Mushrooms
Chantilly
This is a name for sweetened whipped cream flavored with vanilla. The term may also be used to describe sauces that have had whipped cream folded into them. This includes both sweet and savory sauces.
Chapelure
Bread crumbs
Chappati
Unleavened Indian flatbread made from wheat flour, water, oil, and salt. This bread is traditionally cooked on a tawa, and then brushed with ghee.
Charcuterie
The French word for the variety of pork preparations that are cured, smoked, or processed. This includes sausages, hams, pates, and rillettes. This term may also be used to mean the shop in which these products are sold.
Charcutier
Butcher and sausage maker
Charlotte
The name for two different desserts. The first preparation is made of slices of bread which are lined in a mold, filled with fruit, and baked until the bread acquires a golden color and crisp texture. The second version, similar to the first, lines a mold with cake or lady fingers and is filled with a bavarian cream. These may also be filled with whipped cream or even a fruit mousse. More elaborate versions layer the cake with jam, then slices of this cake is used to line the mold.
Charmoula
A sauce and marinade used in Middle Eastern cooking made of stewed onions flavored with vinegar, honey and a spice mixture called “rasel hanout”. This is a complex spice mixture containing cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, cumin and sometimes paprika and coriander. This sauce is used on meat and fish and can even be adjusted to make a unique vinaigrette.
Chateaubriand
A thick slice of beef from the heart of the tenderloin, grilled or sauteed and simply sauced. Many restaurants claim their chateaubriand to be the head of the tenderloin, cut for two, which is roasted and carved tableside.
Chaud-froid
hot, cold; Food coated with cold, white sauce
Chawal
ice
Chayote
A pear shaped squash, used in Latin American cooking, with a taste of zucchini. Chayote may be eaten raw or cooked as you would any summer squash.
Chef de Cuisine
Chef in charge/executive chef
Chef de partie
Chef in charge of a section of the kitchen
Cherimoya
Also called the custard apple, this is a tropical fruit with a creamy texture and sweet pineapple flavor.
Chevre
The French word for goat, generally referring to goat’s milk cheeses.
Chevreuil
Venison
Chiboust
A custard made originally as the filling for the gâteau Saint-Honor, consisting of pastry cream lightened with Italian meringue and stabilized with gelatin.
Chicharron
Crispy fried pigskin used in Mexican cooking for salads, fillings and snacks.
Chicken Tempura
Chicken and vegetables lightly fried
Chicoree
Endive
Chicory
sometimes called curly endive; a type of lettuce (chicory root is sometimes used as a coffee substitute)
Chiffon
a filling made light and fluffy with beaten egg whites or whipped cream
Chiffonade
A very fine julienne of vegetables usually associated with leafy herbs, lettuces, or greens.
Chiffonnade
A ribbon like cut of leafy vegetables ie;lettuce
Chikuwa
Browned fish cake with a length-long gap.
Chilaquiles
Crushed corn tortilla chips cooked with shredded chicken, enchilada salsa, stir fried onions, spices, and melted cheese.
Chili Bean Sauce
A thick, spicy sauce made from fermented soybeans, red chili peppers, vinegar, starch, salt, and garlic.
Chili Rellenos
A Mexican dish consisting of a batter-fried, cheese stuffed, pablano chili pepper.
Chilindrón
sauce of tomato, pepper, onion, and ham, most commonly applied to chicken and lamb, typical of Aragon
Chimichanga
Fried flour tortilla stuffed with chicken, beef, lamb, pork or vegetables, and smothered with melted cheese and tomato salsa.
Chinese Dried Sausage
Sweet, salty, pork sausage that resembles pepperoni.
Chinois
A “China Cap,” a very fine conical strainer.
Chipirones
baby squid
Chipirones En Su Tinta
baby squid cooked in their own ink
Chipolata
A type of small sausage or/a type of pastry used for eclairs
Chipotle
A dried and smoked jalapeño which can be found dried or reconstituted and sold in tomato sauce. These chiles are extremely hot and caution should be taken when using them in cooking.
Chirashi Sushi
Literally “scattered Sushi”; an assortment of sliced raw fish and vegetables served on a bed of Sushi rice.
Chirashi Zushi
Literally “scattered Sushi”; an assortment of sliced raw fish and vegetables served on a bed of Sushi rice.
Chiringuito
beach bar/shack
Chive
Related to the onion and leek, this fragrant herb has slender, vivid green, hollow stems. Chives have a mild onion flavor and are available-round. They are a good source of vitamin A and also contain a fair amount of potassium and calcium.fresh year
Chocolate
A product of cocoa beans in which the chocolate liquor is mixed with cocoa butter in various proportions to produce the different varieties of chocolate. Bitter chocolate has no additional ingredients added. Other varieties of chocolate have additional cocoa butter added, along with sugar, milk, and vanilla.
Chocolate de Taza
rich dark chocolate drink thickened with a slight amount of rice flour.
Chocos
small cuttlefish
Chop
to cut into non-uniformed pieces or rough cut
Chop Suey
A dish consisting of small pieces of meat or chicken cooked with bean sprouts and vegetables. Served with rice.
Chorizo
A spicy pork sausage common in Hispanic countries, ranging in seasoning from mild and sweet to fiercely hot. It comes in fresh, smoked, or cured versions.
Choron
A variation of Bearnaise sauce with tomato puree or concasse added.
Chorrito
dash
Choucroute
French word for “sauerkraut.”
Chou-fleur
Cauliflower
Chounk
A melange of spices, herbs, oil, and vegetables that flavors many Indian dishes.
Chufa Nut Strainer
Used to make horchata, it is a conical strainer with an ultra-fine mesh which is used with a tapered wooden pestle to strain and press down chifa nuts to make a very smooth puree.
Churro
a fritter, deep-fried tube of batter, often eaten with thick drinking chocolate (chocolate de taza)
Chutney
The name for a large range of sauces or relishes made with fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Commonly used in East Indian cooking. Fresh chutneys have a bright, clean flavor and are usually thin, smooth sauces. Cilantro, mint, and tamarind are common in fresh chutney. Cooked chutneys have a deeper, broader flavor.
Chutoro
A marbled-tuna roll
Ciabatta
Flattish slipper-shaped loaves of bread with a pale crisp crust that is made with olive oil, and flavored with fresh or dried herbs, olives, or sun dried tomatoes. Delicious when served warm or used for sandwiches.
Cilantro
Fresh, green Coriander
Cinnamon
The highly aromatic inner bark of several laurel trees native to Sri Lanka and the East Indies can be rolled and sold as quills or sticks, or ground into a spice. Cinnamon can be used to flavor both sweet and savory dishes.
Cioppino
A rich fish stew from San Francisco made with shrimp, clams, mussels, crabs, and any available fish. The broth is flavored with tomato, white wine, garlic, and chile flakes. This stew needs no other courses served but a simple green salad and a lot of sourdough bread.
Ciruela
plum
Ciruela Seca
dried plum, prune
Civet
A French stew usually containing game, though duck and goose are used. The meat is marinated in red wine for long periods of time, then stewed with pearl onions and bacon. The sauce was once thickened with blood, but that is a method not used much anymore.
Clafouti
A dessert of fruit, originally cherries, covered with a thick batter and baked until puffy. The dessert can be served hot or cold.
Clara De Huevo
egg white
Clarify
a process of making a liquid clear; removing milk solids and impurities from butter resulting in a pure golden liquid butter used for many cooking purposes
Clavo de Olor
clove
Clotted Cream
This specialty of Devonshire, England (which is why it is also known as Devon cream) is made by gently heating rich, unpasteurized milk until a semisolid layer of cream forms on the surface. After cooling the thickened cream is removed. It can be spread on bread or spooned atop fresh fruit or desserts. The traditional English “cream tea” consists of clotted cream and jam served with scones and tea. Clotted cream can be refrigerated, tightly covered, for up to four days.
Clouter
Onion cloute; an onion studded with cloves; Verb
Coat
to cover food with another product