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Crushed tomato blends that are used often as ingredients for Italian cooking. Passata is made from straining crushed ripe tomatoes with either a fine or coarse strainer to create a smooth or somewhat chunky blend, depending on the strainer texture.

A small portion of ground meat that has been seasoned and rolled into a round ball-like shape. Meatballs were most likely created as a way to use up excess meat, taking scraps of meat, grinding them into small bits and possibly adding some fillers to help hold the mixture together.

1) A green leafed vegetable or cooking green, often used in Italian cooking, that is related to both the broccoli and turnip family of vegetables.

A green leafed vegetable or cooking green, often used in Italian cooking, that is related to both the broccoli and turnip family of vegetables.

An Italian meat, which is traditionally air-dried up to four months and cured with salt, pepper, sugar, and other seasonings such as herbs, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

A type of sausage with origins in Bologna, Italy that is made from a combination of beef and pork. In the U.S.

A Spanish cheese made from cow's milk that originated on the island of Minorca off the northeast coast of Spain.

An aromatic, spicy herb that is native to the Mediterranean regions and Asia, which is also grown throughout the world.

A Mediterranean plant, with green, multiple-lobed leaves, belonging to the mustard family and commonly used as a salad green.

A variety of lean sausage made from turkey meat and a mixture of fat, salt, and seasonings. A variety of sizes are available ranging from small link size portions to rings of sausage measuring approximately 12 inches in length.

A round pork sausage from the cervelat family of sausages, which is fine textured and has a mild, somewhat bland flavor.

Pronounced bore-DOUGH. A regional red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Bordeaux is also a major city in France.

Green salad leaves that cannot be classified as a true herb or vegetable, which are native to the Mediterranean and eastern Asia.

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