Bresaola
//bɹɛˈsəʊlə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour. uncountable
"In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets."
Example
More examples"In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets."
Etymology
From Italian bresaola, from French braiser (“to braise”).
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