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carpaccio

carpaccio

6 8.1
Thin raw slices of meat or fish served cold with a light sauce
  • noun
  • /kɑrˈpɑːtʃoʊ/
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  • In Italy, you see octopus carpaccio quite often in fine-dining restaurants!
  • beef carpaccio
  • tuna carpaccio
  • octopus carpaccio

I use it a lot to to accompany mushroom carpaccio, wild mushroom carpaccio.

Examples

  • - Salmon carpaccio.

    Iron Man 2 (2010)

  • - We have some salmon carpaccio.

    Iron Man 2 (2010)

  • I'm waiting on a snapper carpaccio.

    Dinner Rush (2000)

  • We just ordered starters: ceviche and sole carpaccio.

    Blog text (9)

  • Salmon carpaccio and grilled turbot.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Trout carpaccio.

    The Roses (2025)

  • "Snapper carpaccio with blood orange juice, pumpkin risotto with chestnuts, rabbit Piedmontese wine reduction with chocolate."

    Dinner Rush (2000)

  • The appetizer menu features delicious carpaccio made from fresh tuna and a light dressing.

  • For starters, she ordered the beef carpaccio, which was served with capers and arugula.

  • At the restaurant, you can enjoy carpaccio of salmon drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice.

Synonyms

crudo
vscarpaccio
  • Specialized
3 8.6

A dish of thinly sliced raw fish or meat with simple dressing

is used specifically as a starter usually with a garnish

How Thin

carpaccio
6 8.1
scallop
4 6.1
cutlet
12 3.6
slice
194 1.0
steak
474 1.0

Surface Forms

carpaccio singular
carpaccis plural

Etymology

Carpaccio comes from Italy and was named after the Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio because the thin red slices of raw meat looked like the bright red in his paintings. So, carpaccio now means a 'starter' of very thin raw meat or fish.