Mild nutty flavor when young, more pronounced with age. Italian cookie often hard in texture and lightly flavored with anise.
Mozzarella is the larger of the balls of cheese produced in the process.
The smaller balls are the bocconcini. Calamari is often served deep fried. Capers are used in cooking as a seasoning. Chitarra means guitar and as sheets of pasta are rolled over the metal wires of the machine it makes a metallic sound. Used for cutting the classic Abruzzese pasta which is a little thicker cut of spaghetti.