Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Italian sausage made from a mixture of coarsely ground or chopped lean and fatty pork that is typically seasoned with hot chili peppers or peppercorns. When made in the traditional manner, it is then pressed under weights and cured.
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- noun Any of various types of dry-cured pork salami
Etymologies
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Examples
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You can't help but try and sort out your favorites, learning to identify pancetta, bresaola, soppressata and mortadella.
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This salad can easily be adapted to your liking by adding or substituting ham, salami, or soppressata, or other Italian cheeses and cured meats.
More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas 2010
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• Slices of dried salami or soppressata the small ones that are about 1 inch in diameter served with the little French pickles called cornichons.
The City Cook Kate McDonough 2010
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This salad can easily be adapted to your liking by adding or substituting ham, salami, or soppressata, or other Italian cheeses and cured meats.
More of America’s Most Wanted Recipes Ron Douglas 2010
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The testers also wielded the slicing knives and santokus against ham, tough-skinned soppressata, and tender, stringy pot roast to see which had the sharpness and control to produce thin slices, and used utility knives on raw sausage, peppers, and onions.
Some celeb chef kitchen knives, like those from Paula and Martha, don't make the cut 2009
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I followed with a soppressata di polpo, a terrine of uber thinly sliced octopus with a sensuous olive and caper vinaigrette.
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The testers also wielded the slicing knives and santokus against ham, tough-skinned soppressata, and tender, stringy pot roast to see which had the sharpness and control to produce thin slices, and used utility knives on raw sausage, peppers, and onions.
Some celeb chef kitchen knives, like those from Paula and Martha, don't make the cut 2009
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A sandwich made with prosciutto di Parma or house-made soppressata may cost a dollar or two more, but it's more than worth it
THE NEWS BLOG 2003
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Look for salumi from high-quality, high-cost purveyors: Volpi or Oldani salami from St. Louis, dried sausage and soppressata from Alps Provisions in Queens, prosciutto di Parma, imported mortadella studded with pistachio nuts.
THE NEWS BLOG 2003
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We tested the soppressata and cheese in puff pastry, a quick appetizer or lunch dish using store-bought puff pastry dough.
SFGate: Top News Stories sfinz@sfchronicle.com (Stacy Finz 2011
reesetee commented on the word soppressata
Also known as capocchia or copa di testa, a pressed pork sausage from Italy. Regional variations abound, but the most famous is from Sienna and uses coriander, black pepper, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon.
January 17, 2008