American cookery refers to a candy consisting of caramel and pecans. Profiterole - A small puff made with pate choux usuall filled an served as an appetizer. Though once impossible to obtain in the United States due to USDA regulations, fine prosciuttos from Italy and Switzerland are now being imported. These hams are called prosciutto crudo. Cooked hams are called prosciutto cotto.
Prosciutto is best when sliced paper thin served with ripe figs or wrapped around grissini.
Puttanesca - A piquant pasta sauce made of tomatoes, onions, black olives, capers, anchovies, and chile flakes. The hot pasta is tossed in this sauce prior to serving. Some recipes leave the ingredientrs raw, allowing the heat of the pasta to bring out the flavors. Pyramide Cheese - A truncated pyramid is the shape of this small French chevre that is often coated with dark gray edible ash. The texture can range from soft to slightlt crumbly and depending upon it's age, in flvor from mild to sharp.