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All smoky and salty and rich, with that tangy , metallic hit you get from only the freshest offal.
On any one day you could find a rich pumpkin soup with leek, cauliflower and sage, basmati rice with bitter puntarelle, courgette and marinated tofu, crunchy buckwheat smothered with a tangy hummus, seaweed risotto, and red cabbage flan.
Thus enlightened, I return to the shelves to discover that, among the plethora of recipes for coq au vin, a handful concede they can also be made with riesling "along the same lines" – somewhat surprisingly, given that rich, dark coq au vin and tangy , creamy coq au riesling seem two very different spins on the same basic ingredients to me.
What you want is in the salty, tangy manzanilla in the barrels.
The okra fries are an exquisite and generous entree; the fig, pomegranate and cashew kofta is to die for; and the saag paneer is the best I've had in Melbourne – with fresh, smoked Indian cheese buried in tangy spinach and garlic sauce.
Crumbled in at the end, it gives the sauce a deliciously rich, sweet earthiness, but overpowers the tangy flavour of the wine.
Today, the company sells more than 60 cheeses, including some that had almost disappeared, such the tangy Corazón de Mantequilla, while at the same time providing opportunities for local families who until recently considered migration their only option.
And then, as you stand where the guillotine once stood, alongside the last vespasienne in Paris, you'll sense the tangy whiff of what was for so long the stuff of Parisian nightmares.
In theory, then, one tiny lozenge of filo and ground nuts, dripping with tangy syrup, should be quite enough for anyone, perhaps two if they're particularly greedy – yet this week I discovered I'm quite able to put away half a tin of the stuff without coming up for air.
The Bikers add cayenne and mustard – I find the tangy heat of the mustard works particularly well with the cheese, without overwhelming it, but in the absence of a sauce I decide to add it to the pastry instead of the filling.
Piazza del Granatiere, +39 0421 980375, ristorantealgamberojesolo.com Claudio Moretti also owns the cheap and cheerful Osteria Porta del Mar in Marano Lagunare, but splash out a little more in this smart trattoria where he cooks creative seafood himself – grilled plump prawns on a bed of spinach, or sea bass carpaccio with tangy pickled vegetables.
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The primary grammatical function of "tangy" is as an adjective . It modifies nouns to describe their flavor or scent, indicating a sharp, pungent, and often pleasant quality. As Ludwig AI confirms, it's a usable word in English.
Expression frequency: Very common
