Glossary of Spanish Food Words
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| Word or Term |
Definition |
| habas |
broad beans |
| habas con jamón |
see recipe |
| habas/ habichuelas/ alubias/ frijoles/ judias |
beans |
| habichuelas (Méx) ejote |
green beans |
| hacer puré |
mash |
| hake |
Merluza - a mild-flavored, large-flaked, white-fleshed fish very popular with Spanish cooks. Cod or another large-flaked white fish can be used as a substitute in recipes. |
| harina |
flour |
| harina de maíz |
corn flour |
| helado |
ice cream |
| herboristeria |
shop specializing in herbs, natural remedies, etc. |
| hervir |
boil |
| hierba |
herb |
| hierba doncella |
myrtle, periwinkle |
| hierbabuena |
mint |
| hierbaluisa |
lemon verbena |
| higado |
liver |
| higo |
fig |
| higo chumbo |
prickly pear |
| hinojo |
fennel |
| hoja |
leaf |
| hoja del cuchillo |
blade of a knife |
| hojaldre |
puff pastry |
| hojas |
leaves |
| horchata |
made from ground chufa nuts ( tiger nuts), it is a sweet cool milky drink originating in Valencia. |
| horno |
oven |
| horreo |
a granite drying shed for corn, found in Galicia and Asturias, |
| hueco |
dent |
| huerto/huerta |
vegetable patch, especially a vegetable-producing garden close to the city |
| hueso/espina |
bone |
| hueva |
cured and pressed fish roe, normally tuna or grey mullet |
| huevo |
egg |
| huevo duro |
hard boiled egg |
| huevos estrellados |
fried egg and potato hash |
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