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Glossary Selection
Raspberries | |||
 | The raspberry is a compound fruit composed of many small fruits. The skin of the fruit is smooth and fragile and is red, dark purple, or yellow in color. The core of the fruit is hollow, distinguishing raspberries from blackberries. | ||
Rice starch | |||
| is the major component of milled rice. From the endosperm of the grain, it makes up 90 to 93% of the milled dry weight. It is used as a thickener in making sauces and desserts, and can be hydrolyzed to make a sweet syrup. | |||
Rice vermicelli | |||
| Thin translucent noodles, this rice-flour noodle is delicious when stir fried or used in soups. Rice vermicelli can be used to garnish several dishes when deep-fried. Soak in hot water until tender before using. | |||
Ricotta cheese | |||
 | Ricotta is an Italian cheese made from the whey which results when making cheeses such as mozzarella or provolone. The name ricotta means cooked again in Italian, referring to the second processing of the liquid to produce the cheese. Ricotta is similar in texture to cottage cheese though considerably lighter and is a key ingredient in cheesecake, lasagna and many cannolis. It is often served mixed with sugar, cinnamon and occasionally chocolate shavings as a dessert in Italian households.
Other whey cheeses include Gjetost cheese.
Ricotta is made from the whey drained from such cheeses as mozzarella, provolone, and other cheeses. American ricotta is generally made with a combination of whey and whole, low-fat, or skim cow's milk. Ricotta is a fresh, soft, snowy white cheese with a rich but mild, slightly sweet flavor. The texture is much like a grainy, thick sour cream. Ricotta is naturally low in fat, with a fat content ranging from 4 to 10 percent. It is also low in salt, even lower than cottage cheese. Since ricotta is made primarily from lactose-rich whey, it should be avoided by those who are lactose-intolerant. Ricotta works well in many desserts as well as savory dishes, such as classic Italian lasagna. Ricotta is also processed for longer life in two ways: salting and baking. The pressed, salted and dried variety of the cheese is known as ricotta salata. A milky-white hard cheese used for grating or shaving, ricotta salata is sold in wheels, decorated by a delicate basket-weave pattern. Ricotta infornata is produced by placing a large lump of soft ricotta in the oven until it develops a brown, lightly charred crust, sometimes even until it becomes sandy brown all the way through. Ricotta infornata is popular primarily in Sardinia and Sicily, and is sometimes called ricotta al forno. | ||
Rock cod Fish | |||
| The Rock cod (Lotella rhacina) is a temperate fish found off the coasts of south eastern Australia, Tasmania, the Great Australian Bight and northwards up the south western Australia coasts. They are also found around the coasts of New Zealand. They belong to the family Gadidae and are thus related to the true cods (genus Gadus). They are also known as beardie in Australia. | |||
Rose water | |||
| Rosewater is the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals. Due to the perfume industry's immense demand for rose oil, rosewater has the status of an inexpensive by-product. | |||
Rolled oats | |||
| The grinding of oats leaves the bran and germ intact and, therefore, the nutrients. Reasonably high in protein, oats are also high in vitamins B and E. Rolled oats are the most familiar form of oats to most of us. The oat grains are steamed, rolled into flakes and dried. | |||
Red wine vinegar | |||
 | A vinegar made from red wine with a deeper more developed flavor than that white wine. | ||
Donax | |||
| clams | |||
heavy cream | |||
| Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of raw milk before homogenization. In the raw milk, over time, the lighter fat rises to the top. In the industrial production of cream this process is accelerated by using centrifuges called separators. In many countries cream is sold in several grades depending on total fat content. Cream can be dried to a powder for shipment to distant markets. | |||