pizzocchero

Italian

a portion of pizzoccheri

Etymology

Old variant of pinzochero (“bigot”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pitˈt͡sɔk.ke.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɔkkero
• Hyphenation: piz‧zòc‧che‧ro

Noun

pizzocchero m (plural pizzoccheri)

1. (usually in the plural) a type of tagliatelle made with buckwheat flour, typical of Valtellina in Italy and Graubünden in Switzerland

Further reading

• pizzoccheri on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it