anchovy
Briny pizza topping
An anchovy is a small, oily fish found in saltwater, typically preserved in salt or oil and used as a flavoring.
Anchovies have an intensely salty, savory taste that polarizes people—devotees love them on pizza or in Caesar dressing, while others find them overpowering.
The word often appears as an adjective: anchovy paste, anchovy pizza.
Small herring-family fish
- herringSmall silvery Atlantic fish
- mackerelSwift, oily ocean fish
- spratSmall herring-family fish
- whitebaitYoung fish eaten whole
baitfish · forage · schooling · shoal · silver · pelagic · Mediterranean · Peruvian
Appetizing, not sweet
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
- fermentedTransformed by microbial action
- curedRestored to health
- pungentSharply strong-smelling
salty · briny · fishy · funky · depth · richness · intensifier · parmesan
Food's finishing layer
- puttanescaPungent Italian pasta sauce
- mozzarellaMild Italian cheese
- crustHard outer layer
- slicePortion cut off
pizzeria · Neapolitan · Sicilian · supreme · olives · capers · garlic · cheese
Treated with sodium chloride
- cannedSealed for preservation
- tinnedPreserved in metal containers
- filletedCleared of skeleton
- jarredShaken or disturbed
cured · brined · marinated · paste · pantry staple · shelf-stable · Mediterranean · Spanish
sardine
Small herring-family fish
whitebait · baitfish · forage · schooling · shoal · silver · pelagic · Mediterranean · Peruvian · oily
savory
Appetizing, not sweet
- glutamateExcitatory neural transmitter
- fermentedTransformed by microbial action
- curedRestored to health
pungent · salty · briny · fishy · funky · depth · richness · intensifier · parmesan · miso
topping
Food's finishing layer
- puttanescaPungent Italian pasta sauce
- mozzarellaMild Italian cheese
- crustHard outer layer
slice · pizzeria · Neapolitan · Sicilian · supreme · olives · capers · garlic · cheese · tomato
salted
Treated with sodium chloride
jarred · cured · brined · marinated · paste · pantry staple · shelf-stable · Mediterranean · Spanish · Italian
anchovytofu
Coagulated soy milk block
plain rice · egg white · tilapia · cottage cheese · cucumber
- anchovy pizzaPie with tiny preserved fish
- salted anchoviesCured Mediterranean baitfish
- dried anchoviesSalt-cured small fish
- anchovy pastePureed salted fish spread
- anchovy sauceCondiment from tiny fish