Glossary C
Caldo verde refers to a Portuguese soup made with olive oil, potatoes and dark green Portuguese curly cabbage, garnished with slices of garlic sausage.
Calimocho refers to a very popular drink from Spain, made by mixing some red wine with Coke or Cola. Calimocho is said to be developed by the young people from Spain to have their own wine during Botellones. The red wine is mixed with the Cola and drunk straight from the Coke bottle.
Calimocho is also known or spelled as Kalimotxo in the Basque Country and Navarre where it is really very popular.
In Germany, it is said that a drink called "Colarot" (cola and red as in red wine) exists.
Calimyrnas refer to variety of fig which are considered to be the most delicious and most nutritious with a high potassium content. They have fleshy interiors with plenty of seeds. However, Calimyrnas perish easily, so they are mostly eaten fresh, dried, or used in pastries, desserts and confections.
Calisson d'Aix refers to a delicate, diamond-shaped Provençal sweet prepared with almonds, candied oranges, melon or apricots, egg white, sugar, and confiture of oranges or apricots. Calisson is made from a smooth paste of ground almonds and candied melon, and covered in bright, white royal icing in Aix-en-Provence in France.
Callaloo refers to the dish from Trinidad & Tobago, an island in the Caribbic, which is a spicy and creamy soup which uses dasheen leaves as the main ingredient.
Calmar en Matelote is a French dish made of small squid including the sliced tentacles which is sauteed with onions, garlic, tomatoes and mushrooms, herbs and spices for flavoring and then simmered with white wine.
Matelote is the French culinary term for a stew made usually of fish in a seasoned wine sauce, but in Calmar en Matelote, squid is used instead of fish.