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impasta

noun

Etymology

Blend of imposter + pasta Coined in 2013 by American celebrity molecular gastronomy chef Richard Blais

  1. derived from πάσσω
  2. derived from παστά — “barley porridge”
  3. derived from pasta — “dough, pastry cake, paste”
  4. borrowed from pasta
  5. compounded as impasta — “imposter + pasta”

Definitions

  1. Pasta analogue created by using ingredients that are not grains (ie. semolina, maize,…

    Pasta analogue created by using ingredients that are not grains (ie. semolina, maize, rice) or grain substitutes (ie. potato, quinoa), such as a sheet of pasta analogue made out of gelatin

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for impasta. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA