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  • noun A spicy variety of pepper used in Greek and Italian cuisine

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From Italian peperoncini

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Examples

  • The afternoon was half gone; Antonio, in all earnestness, offered three times to fix spaghetti with oil (local), garlic (his) and peperoncini (his).

    A Perfect Lunch in Liguria - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The afternoon was half gone; Antonio, in all earnestness, offered three times to fix spaghetti with oil (local), garlic (his) and peperoncini (his).

    A Perfect Lunch in Liguria - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • We both finished our sandwiches and ate all the little peperoncini in the cup in the 2nd photo above.

    Photo food diary Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008 | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • Spring was creeping up on us and we started taking biweekly walks to the incomparably fun and delicious Pickle Guys on Essex Street, coming home with great big bags of peppers, spicy carrots, tiny grape tomatoes, peperoncini and half-sours.

    pickled garlicky red peppers | smitten kitchen 2007

  • You need a little peperoncini, crushed red pepper flakes.

    CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2006 2006

  • You need a little peperoncini, crushed red pepper flakes.

    CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2006 2006

  • To start try the apple salad, or for something spicier the peperoni fritti blistered peperoncini with sea salt.

    Forbes.com: News Steve Forbes 2011

  • So what if the tomato sauce on top is kissed lightly by basil, the greens alongside are fresh or that there are zippy peperoncini on the plate?

    Thestar.com - Home Page Amy Pataki 2011

  • It grows in fields and pastures in late spring and early summer and makes a delicious spaghetti sauce-you take a few big handfuls of the herb, toss it into a sauté pan with olive oil, garlic, and peperoncini, and in a minute it's ready.

    The New Yorker Jane Kramer 2011

  • So what if the tomato sauce on top is kissed lightly by basil, the greens alongside are fresh or that there are zippy peperoncini on the plate?

    Thestar.com - Home Page Amy Pataki 2011

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