Entries starting with V:
| Valentine Steak - A heart-shaped steak cut from a single boneless loin, often of pork or lamb | Venison - Nowadays refers to meat from deer, although originally used to describe all game meat | |
| Vermicelli - Extremely fine strands of pasta, with the name coming from the Italian for 'little worms' | Vialone Nano - A variety of risotto rice with a high starch content, and rounded thick grains | |
| Vichyssoise - A classic French recipe for leek and potato soup | Vindaloo - Used to describe an extremely hot curry. The original dish from Goa was both hot and sour, containing plenty of vinegar to temper the chilli heat | |
| Vinegar - A sour liquid produced by the oxidisation of alcohol such as wine or cider. Used as a flavouring and preservative | Vongole - Vongole is the Italian term for a species of small clam More... |
