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Cooking

Cook
You can cook food or a meal, or the meal can cook
Cooker (br)/stove (na): fornello
Gas ring (br)/burner(na): fornello a gas

Boil: bollire
You can boil vegetables, eggs, rice, etc. by covering them with water and heating to the boiling point.
You can also just boil the water, or the container the water is in. Otherwise, the vegetables, the water or
the container can boil.
If you bring something to the boil (Br)/ a boil (NA) you heat it until it boils; you can then simmer BOLLIRE
LENTAMENTE it or let it simmer by letting it boil gently for a period of time
Kettle: pentola
Electric kettle: bollitore
Saucepan: tegame

BAKE: cuocere/arrostire
You can bake bread, cakes, potatoes, etc. in the dry heat of an oven or a fire. Or the bread, cakes and etc.
can bake.
Baking can be used for things that are baked or the activity if baking them
Cake tin (br)/cake pan (NA): teglia per focaccia
Bun tin (br)/muffin pan (Na): stampo per muffin
Cooling tray (br)/ cooling rack (Na):
Rolling pin: mattarello
Pastry: pasta
Mixing bowl: ciotola
Pie dish: teglia per torte
Loaf tin (br)/ loaf pan (NA): teglia per il pane

Steam cuocere a vapore


You can steam fish, vegetables, etc. by place the food above boiling water in a container with holes so that
the steam reaches it, and covering it

Fry friggere
You can fry meat, fish, eggs, etc. in a shallow pan of hot oil, or the meat, fish, eggs, etc. can fry.
Chips (br)/ french fries (NA) can be completely covered in very hot oil and deep-fried.
Frying pan: padella
Chip pan: padella (profonda)

Roast arrostire/cuocere al forno


You can roast large pieces of meat, potatoes, etc. by covering the surface of the food with oil in the heat of
an oven.
Roasting tin (br)/roasting pan (NA): teglia da forno

Microwave microonde
Coal brace/carbone
Barbecue arrostire allaperto
Wok: padella semisferica fonda
spatula: spatola
stir-fry: saltare in padella
oven glove: guanti da forno
casserole: casseruola
grill pan (br)/broiler pan (na): bistecchiera
grill(br)/broil(na): cuocere ai ferri
flamb:
toast: tostare
toaster: tostapane
food processor:

hand-held blender:
blender/liquidizer: frullatore
electric whisk: frullino elettrico
peeler:
potato masher:
ladle:
spatula:
fish slice:
wooden spoon:
whisk:
bottle-opener:
corkscrew:
colander:
sieve (br)/ sifter (na)
garlic crusher:
chopping board:
grater:
tongs:
lemon squizer (br)/juicer (na):
tin opener (br)/can opener (na):

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