acqua cotta
Language: Italian
Description: "Cooked water." A thin soup of mushrooms, onions, carrots, tomatoes, celery and red peppers and garlic, cooked in water with good quality olive oil, usually served poured over bread, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. It should not contain any meat. It originated in Maremma in Tuscany.
Pronounced: AH-kwah KOHT-tah
Gender: f
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Most frequent region: Maremma in Tuscany
Also known as: zuppe alla grossetana
See places: Italian food and cuisine, Tuscan food and cuisine
See foods and dishes: Parmigiano-Reggiano
See drinks, wines etc: acqua
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