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Schnitzel vs Parmigiana - What's the difference?

schnitzel | parmigiana |

As nouns the difference between schnitzel and parmigiana

is that schnitzel is a dish consisting of fried veal cutlet while parmigiana is a cooking style in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.

As an adjective parmigiana is

cooked or served with Parmesan cheese.

schnitzel

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dish consisting of fried veal cutlet.
  • parmigiana

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) parmigiana

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese.
  • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia parmigiana) From (etyl); generalised from the southern Italian dish Parmigiana di melanzane , which is made with eggplant.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (cooking, in combination) A cooking style in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
  • * 2007 June, Dining & Entertainment'', ''Orange County Magazine , page 270,
  • Specialties include veal parmigiana', chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant ' parmigiana and many others.
  • * 2009 , Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes , page 486,
  • Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.
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