Italian vocabulary words for beginners : Useful Kitchen verbs / cooking verbs

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ENGLISH	ITALIAN
to add	aggiungere
to add salt, pepper, spices (to season)	condire (sale, pepe, spezie)
to aromatize, to flavor	aromatizzare
to bake	cuocere in forno, gratinare
to barbecue	cuocere al fuoco di legno
to beat, to whisk (eggs)	battere, frustare (le uova)
to blanch	far sbiancare le verdure
to boil	bollire/ far bollire
to boil eggs	fare le uova alla coque
to boil, to scald	bollente
to braise	brasare
to bread, to coat with breadcrumbs	paner
to bring to a simmer	fare fremere
to brown onions	far scurire le cipolle
to brown/ to fry lightly	far rosolare/ rosolare/ dorare/ saltare/ stufare
to brush	spennellare
to butter	imburrare
to carve (meat)	Tagliare la carne di manzo
to chisel	ciseler
to chop, to mince	tritare (carne), sminuzzare
to clean up	pulire
to coat	rivestire, rivestire con acqua
to collect	prelevare
to colour	colorare
to complete	completare
to continue to	proseguire
to cook	cucinare, cucinare, cucinare, cucinare
to cool down	raffreddare
to correct	rettificare
to count	contare
to cover	coprire, coprire la parte
to crumble	sbriciolare
to crush	frantumare, schiacciare, frantumare
to cut	tagliare
to cut into thin slices, to slice thinly, to chop	tagliare
to debit	addebitare
to debone	disossare
to decorate	decorare
to deglaze	spostarsi
to desalinate	dessaler
to detail	specificare
to dice, to cube	tagliare in cubetti
to dilute	diluire, diluire, smaltire, diluire
to dip, to soak	ammollo
to discard	mettere da parte
to disgorge	sgusciare
to dispose	disporre
to dissolve	sciogliere
to distribute, to divide	ripartire
to do the dishes, to do the washing-up	lavare i piatti da casa
to drain	scolare
to drain pasta	scolare la pasta con acqua
to drizzle with oil	innaffiare con olio
to dry	asciugare
to dry out	essiccatore
to dry up	pulire le stoviglie
to empty	svuotare
to emulsify	emulsionare
to expand	estendere
to fill in	completare
to filter	filtrare
to flambé	far bruciare
to flatten	appiattire
to flavour with sauce	abbellire con una salsa
to flip	tornare
to flour	fariner
to frost	gelare
to fry	soffriggere in olio, friggere, stufare
to garnish	guarnire
to gather	riunire
to get out	uscire
to get rid of	sbarazzarsi
to grab	cogliere
to grate, to shred	grattâper
to grease a baking tin with butter	imburrare uno stampo
to grill	tostatura, tostatura della griglia
to grill fish	friggere il pesce fresco
to grind	macinare, macinare, rompere, schiacciare
to gut (a fish, a chicken)	svuotare (un pesce, un pollo)
to halve	tagliare in due
to hand over	rimettere
to heat	riscaldare
to incorporate	incorporare
to infuse	infuser
to keep warm	tenere al caldo
to knead	masticare
to knead	accumulare
to lay the table	mettere il riparo
to loosen	rilassarsi
to lower the temperature	diminuire il fuoco
to macerate	macerare
to mash	schiacciare, ridurre in purea
to melt	sciogliere/ sciogliere il liquido
to mix	mescolare
to mix/ to stir	mescolare
to mop up, to wipe (off)	asciugare un liquido per
to oil	oliare
to open	aprire
to pass	passare
to paste	attaccare
to peel	sbucciare/ sbucciare la buccia
to pepper	pepe
to perfume	profumare
to pinch	pizzicare
to pit	snocciolare
to place	collocare
to place in the oven	infornare
to plunge	immergersi
to poach eggs	far bollire le uova
to poach fish	carne di pesce in camicia
to pose	porre
to pour	versare
to powder	polvere
to preheat the oven	preriscaldare il forno
to prepare	preparare
to prepare the meal	preparare il pasto
to prepare, to make	confezionare
to present	presentare
to press	spremere
to protect	proteggere
to prune	potare
to put	mettere
to raise	affrontare
to reduce	ridurre
to refresh	rinfrescare
to reheat, to warm up	riscaldare
to remove	rimuovere
to remove	rimuovere
to remove stems	decidere
to reserve	prenotare
to rest	riposare
to restart	ricominciare
to restore	ripristinare
to return	tornare
to rinse	sciacquare
to roast	far arrostire
to roast	arrostire/ tostare il forno
to roast meat	fare ruttare la carne
to roll	rotolare
to rub	strofinare
to salt	saler
to scale	squarciare
to scoop out	evitare
to scrape	racler
to sear	afferrare a fuoco vivo
to season	condire
to seed	scrivere
to separate	separare
to serve	servire
to set a plate	fare
to shake	smuovere
to shape	modellare
to share	condividere
to shell	sgusciare
to shred	snellire
to sieve	setacciare
to simmer	bollire, cuocere a fuoco lento/ fremere
to skim	schiumare
to slice	tagliare (a fette)/ tagliare/ affettare
to smooth	lisciare
to soften	allentare
to sort	ordinare
to spill (a dish)	rovesciare (un piatto)
to spin	strizzare
to split	spaccare
to sponge	spugna
to spread	distribuire
to sprinkle	cospargere, cospargere, cospargere
to steam	stufare
to stew	fare mijoter
to sting	pungere
to stir	mescolare, mescolare, mescolare
to stir-fry vegetables	far saltare le verdure al pelo
to store	immagazzinare
to strain	scolare
to stuff	farcire, farcire, farcire
to take	prendere
to taste	assaggio
to thicken	addensare
to thin a sauce	distendere un po’ di salsa
to thin out the leaves	stripller
to throw, to discard	buttare
to tidy	ranger
to tie	nodo
to tie up	legare
to tighten	stringere
to tilt	ripiegare
to toast	far tostare il pane
to trim	sbarbo
to turn	girare
to turn down the heat	abbassare il fuoco
to turn up the heat	accendere il fuoco
to unmould	ottenere
to unravel	sfiilocher
to unshell	Sganciare
to upholster	rivestire
to warm	tiedire
to wash	lavare
to water	annaffiare
to weigh	pesare
to whip	frustare
to whip (up) the eggwhites	sbattere gli albumi con la neve
to wipe (to clean with a sponge)	pulire, asciugare, asciugare, pulire
to wrap up	avvolgere