sobrassada
sobrassada noun: a spiced, cured pork sausage from the Balearic Islands.
Noun
sobrassada (countable and uncountable, plural sobrassadas)
- A spiced, cured pork sausage from the Balearic Islands.
- I love the rich flavor of the duck eggs with the spicy sobrassada and sweetness of quince paste.2012, Seamus Mullen, Seamus Mullen's Hero Food, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 108
- He squeezed oranges for juice to go with the botifarra, a pork sausage spiced with cloves and cumin, and the spreadable sobrassada, tinted red from Majorcan paprika.2015 April 17, Lisa Abend, “Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Forms of sobrassada
| plural | sobrassadas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sobrasada |
Origin of sobrassada
Borrowed from Catalan sobrassada, from Italian soprassata.
Questions about sobrassada
- What does sobrassada mean?
- Sobrassada means a spiced, cured pork sausage from the Balearic Islands.
- What part of speech is sobrassada?
- Sobrassada is a noun.
- What is the plural of sobrassada?
- The plural of sobrassada is sobrassadas.
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