prosciutto
pronunciation
How to pronounce prosciutto in British English:
UK [prəʊ'ʃu:təʊ]
How to pronounce prosciutto in American English:
US [proʊ'ʃutoʊ]
Word Origin
- prosciutto (n.)
- Italian spiced ham, 1911, from Italian, alteration (probably by influence of prosciugato "dried") of presciutto, from pre-, intensive prefix + -sciutto, from Latin exsuctus "lacking juice, dried up," past participle of exsugere "suck out, draw out moisture," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + sugere "to suck" (see sup (v.2)).
Example
- 1. Turn dough , then top browned side with tomato sauce , cheese , a bit of salt and pepper , and , if you like , prosciutto and / or basil leaves .
- 2. Pig 's noses , cheek and feet , which all find use in nizzoli 's kitchen , cost half a euro a kilo , compared with over 20 for cured pig 's ham or prosciutto .
- 3. Dr. landau , a food columnist for haaretz and the author of three cookbooks with mediterranean recipes , found the pork of his dreams in italy , where he studied medicine near parma and tasted his first real prosciutto .
- 4. A foodie may happily gorge herself on articles about new salts or the best prosciutto , but that doesn 't mean she is going to buy those products .