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colatura

dripping, draining liquid

noun koh-lah-TOO-rah Rare
Food & Drink Ingredients

Origin: From Latin 'colare', to strain or drip.

Also means

anchovy sauce

Usage Note

Colatura has two main senses: in general use it means the liquid that drips or drains through a filter or strainer; in gastronomy it refers specifically to colatura di alici, the prized Cetaran fermented anchovy sauce analogous to Roman garum. Context makes the meaning clear. The plural is colature.

Examples

"La colatura di alici insaporisce la pasta."

Natural Translation

Anchovy sauce flavours the pasta.

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