Marsala
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- noun
- /mɑrˈsɑlə/
- A glass of Marsala is the perfect accompaniment to a chocolate dessert.
- chicken Marsala
- Marsala wine
- veal Marsala
Examples
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And though Americans would profit from buying Marsala wine at low prices in Sicily and selling it for much more in northern Europe and South America, Britain had a monopoly on that product.
Academic text (2001) -
Traditional chicken marsala contains flour in the sauce, and chicken parmigiana has bread crumbs.
Blog text (3) -
I made your Chicken Marsala for my mother and husband on Wednesday, and it came out great; they loved it.
Blog text (18) -
He drinks a great deal of Marsala, but never gets tipsy at all.
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Overall, Healthy Choice's Portabella Marsala Pasta is a fine choice for mushroom lovers or if you're doing a quick meatless Monday.
Blog text (21) -
I promised her crema di cioccolata eletta when we got home, a lovely chocolate mousse with pistachio and marsala that I kept in the freezer for culinary emergencies.
Fiction book (1994) -
For dinner, I decided to make chicken cooked in Marsala wine to enhance the flavor.
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The recipe calls for Marsala to give the sauce a rich, sweet taste.
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Etymology
Marsala is named after the town of Marsala in Sicily, where this dark, sweet fortified wine was first made and shipped. So the word refers to that particular dessert wine used in cooking and for drinking.