porcini
/pɔːˈtʃiːni
/plural noun chiefly North American
Ceps (wild mushrooms), especially as an item on a menu.The atmosphere in Paul and Jeanne Rankin's restaurant is just as hot and modern as the menu, which includes roast rump of venison with porcini rosti, wild mushrooms and sun-dried cranberries....
- It sounded delicious with porcini mushrooms and crispy leeks over mashed potatoes.
- Amidst white truffles, porcini mushrooms, Gorgonzola cheese, chestnuts, and other treasures of the Piedmont region, Carlo Petrini grew up with a savory spoon in his mouth.
Origin
Italian, literally 'little pigs'.
Rhymes
- foresight
- foresighted
- foresightedly
- foresightedness
- foreskin
- forest
- forestall
- forestaller
- forestalment
- forestation
- forestay
- forestaysail
- forester
- Forester, C. S.
- forest fire
- forest floor
- forest fly
- Forest Hills
- forestland
- forest management
- forest ranger
- forestry
- Forestry Commission
- forestry worker
- forest tree