Meanings
alternative Parmigiana
- not comparablepostpositionalcookingCooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
plural parmigianas · alternative Parmigiana
- in compoundsuncountableusuallyAny dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others.
2007 June, “Dining & Entertainment”, in Orange County Magazine, page 2701 more example
Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.
2009, Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes, page 486
Origin
- Italianparmigiana
- Englishparmigiana
Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.
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