Glossary of Spanish Food Words

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Word or Term	Definition
tapadera	seive
tapas	hors d'ouvres
tarta de queso	cheese cake
taza para medir	measuring cup
ternera picada	minced beef
Tetilla, Queso de	cow's-milk cheese from Galicia.It gets its name because of its resemblance to a woman's breast. Creamy but never bland, it has with a lingering pungency. Monterey Jack cheese has a similar creamy consistency but lacks the character of Tetilla cheese.
tibio	beef
tierno	tender, fresh
tocino	bacon
tocino de cielo	"heavenly bacon," a sweet made of egg yolks and sugar
Torta del Casar	an extraordinary sheep's milk cheese shaped like a pie or tart, made only in Casar, a village near Caceres in Extremadura. Popular since medieval times, it is very soft and creamy, perfect to dip into with crusty bread.
tortilla	an egg and potato based omelet
tortilla de patatas	Spanish potato omelet
tortillita de camaron	shrimp egg fritters, made with a thin batter and sizzled a la plancha
Tronchon, Queso de	a white semi-cured sheep's milk cheese from the village of Tronchon in Aragon, was famous as far back as the sixteenth century and mentioned in Don Quijote de La Mancha. Although village cheese making disappeared in recent decades, it has now been revived.
trucha	trout
Turron	an almond and honey confection of Arab origin now made in Jijona, Alicante and other regions. It comes as "Duro" a hard crunchy brittle (Alicante style) and "blando" in a soft halvah like bar (Jijona style). Available all year, but especially consumed during the Christmas season .
txakoli	acidic white wine from Basque country
txistorra, chistorra	long thin sausage sold in coils, of Basque/Navarrese origin
txoko	a Basque gastronomic society