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Deutsch: Vorspeise / Español: Aperitivo / Português: Aperitivo / Français: Apéritif / Italiano: Antipasto

Appetiser in the food context refers to a small dish served before the main course of a meal, designed to stimulate the appetite without being too filling. Appetisers are often rich in flavor, artfully presented, and varied in texture, ranging from hot to cold, light to savory, simple to elaborate.

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Appetissants is the French word for "Appetisers", such as the famous one which is caviar, olives, smoked fish, aspics, pate, and a range of many others depending on the country.

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Appetizer refers to a small serving of food that is served before, after, or as the first course of a meal to stimulate the appetite

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Appiattire is the Italian word for a flat plate. In cooking term, it refers to the preparation of a meat by flattening it with a kitchen mallet. It means to flatten a steak or a piece

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Deutsch: Apfel
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apples grow on small, deciduous trees. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found today.

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Apple
Cooking Tip: Bake in the oven with ginger or fennel seeds and grated orange or lemon peel. Use apples in a fruit salad with finely chopped rosemary, poppy seeds or cress grinded. If the apples begin to darken and there is no lemon then dip them peeled in salted water.

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Apple Butter refers to a thick preserve made with apples, sugar, cider and spices. It is one of the sweets in the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch "sweets and sours"; a sweet spread for breads which is served with cottage cheese or rye bread at most family dinners Traditionally, Apple Butter is used as a topping on cottage cheese or spread on rye bread with a pork and sauerkraut meal. Some spread it on toast, Scrapple, pancakes, waffles, even french toast. It can also be used as a fat substitute in spiced baking batters and doughs.

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Apple Charlotte refers to a buttered bread shell which is filled with spiced and sauteed apples. This bread is baked and served warm unlike other Charlottes.

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Apple Connaught refers to a British custard which is topped with the syrup from glazed apples. Apple Connaught is named in honor of the Duke of Connaught.

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Apple Schnitz refers to dried apple slices which is used in many Pennsylvania Dutch recipes.

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