Like making cakes and desserts?
On this page you’ll find Italian nouns and adjectives for ingredients and kitchen utensils, plus some ‘baking’ verbs. Yum!
LEARNING TIP: try combining vocabulary-learning and cooking! Start by studying the words on this page. Then research recipes in Italian, choosing something you’d like to make (and eat!) Add new words to your notes. Once you’ve understood the recipe and assembled the ingredients, switch the oven on and you’re ready to go! Repeat (better aloud) the Italian words for the foods and objects you use. Make sentences in your head to describe the actions you are doing, as you do them! The idea is that your brain will associate the new words with the real live objects and actions, so making it easier for you to remember them.
NOUNS
la ciotola [bowl]
il coperchio [cover]
la pentola [pot]
la padella [pan]
il forno [oven]
la temperatura [temperature]
l’ingrediente [ingredient]
il bianco d’uovo/ l’albume [egg white]
il rosso d’uovo/ tuorlo [egg yolk]
la farina [flour]
lo zucchero [sugar]
il lievito [yeast]
l’impasto [dough]
frutti di bosco: [fruits of the forest]:
il mirtillo [blueberry]
la fragola [strawberry]
il lampone [raspberry]
il ribes nero/bianco/rosso [black/ white/ red currants]
la fragolina di bosco [wild strawberry]
la mora [blackberry]
frutta secca: [dried fruit]
la mandorla [almond]
il pistacchio [pistachio]
la noce [walnut]
la nocciola [hazelnut]
l’arachide [peanut]
ADJECTIVES
spesso [thick]
sottile [thin]
liquido [liquid]
denso [dense]
solido [solid]
squisito [delicious]
VERBS
aggiungere [to add]
cuocere in forno [to bake]
impastare [to knead]
mescolare [to mix]
mischiare [to mix]
montare la neve [to whip egg white]
tenere in frigo [to keep in the fridge]
