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- noun borrowed Flesh from the
belly of atuna , which is prepared in oil and served as food.
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Examples
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Add to that French cornichons, excellent virgin olive oils from Spain, Italy, France and Greece, and an endless variety of commercial salad dressings including several types of "Ranch", great capers, canned ventresca de tuna, anchovies, etc.
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The very best tuna is ventresca, made only from the belly of the tuna and packed in extra virgin olive oil.
How To Cook Italian Giuliano Hazan 2005
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Look for a premium canned tuna packed in olive oil, ideally ventresca pages 14-15, not the flavorless tuna packed in water.
How To Cook Italian Giuliano Hazan 2005
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Pliny tells us that the Romans prized the fatty belly the modern Italian ventresca and neck the most, as do the Japanese today.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Pliny tells us that the Romans prized the fatty belly the modern Italian ventresca and neck the most, as do the Japanese today.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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In his second reign, when he is painted almost as a monster, Rienzi travea una ventresca tonna trionfale, a modo de uno Abbate Asiano, or Asinino, (l.iii. c.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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In his second reign, when he is painted almost as a monster, Rienzi travea una ventresca tonna trionfale, a modo de uno Abbate Asiano, or Asinino, (l.iii. c.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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In his second reign, when he is painted almost as a monster, Rienzi travea una ventresca tonna trionfale, a modo de uno Abbate Asiano, or Asinino, (l.iii. c.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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