Crudo
Italian cooking term meaning 'raw'
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In Italian, crudo (Italian: [ˈkruːdo]) means 'raw'.[1] In Italian cuisine, this word can be used to describe many kinds of food: for example, pesce crudo means 'raw fish', and carne cruda means 'raw meat', similar to steak tartare.
A typical dish of crudo consists of raw fish dressed with olive oil, salt, acidic juices (such as lemon or lime), and vinegar.[2]
New York chef and author David Pasternack describes crudo as "Italian sashimi".[2]
When Italians use "crudo" alone referring to a food, they generally mean "prosciutto crudo", i.e. dry-cured ham in the Italian style, to distinguish from "[prosciutto] cotto", which may refer to any kind of cooked ham.[citation needed]
