| Term | Definition
  |  
| empanada |  A Mexican or Spanish pastry, generally filled with
meat and vegetables, though dessert empanadas
can be filled with fruit. 
  |  
| emulsion |  A mixture of two liquids that don't normally
mix well.  It is done by rapid stirring and 
slowly pouring one liquid into the other.  A
blender or food processor makes the job very
easy. 
  |  
| endive |  One of three types of plants: Belgian endive,
which is grown without light to produce white
leaves, curly endive with curled, lacy leaves,
and escarole.  Escarole is the mildest, the
other varieties being bitter. 
  |  
| enoki |  A delicate, fruity tasting mushroom with long,
thin stems and tiny white caps.  High in
vitamin D. 
  |  
| escarole |  A type of endive.  Milder than Belgian endive. 
  |  
| essence |  An oily, concentrated extract from foods, used 
to flavor certain dishes. 
  |  
| etouffee |  A popular Cajun dish which is a thick spicy stew of crayfish and vegetables served over white rice. 
  |  
| evaporated milk |  Canned milk with about 60% of the water removed.
It can be used as a substitute for cream, or
mixed with water to substitute for milk.  The
flavor is somewhat sweeter than either cream
or milk, however. 
  |  
| extracts |  Flavorings from various foods, concentrated 
through evaporation or distillation.  Due to
their intense flavor, they are added in very
small quantities to dishes. 
  |  
| fagioli |  The Italian word for beans, generally meaning
white beans. 
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