parmigiana

Meanings

Adjective

• Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.

Noun

• Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.

Origin

• Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana, or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.