How to pronounce Australia’s favourite Italian dishes

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Australians regularly mispronounce Italian dishes like bruschetta and pistachio. Chef Enrico Marchese teaches us how to pronounce our favourite dishes correctly.

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00:00Ciao, I'm Enrico Marchese, an Italian chef from Italian Street Kitchen,

00:03and today I'm going to teach you how to pronounce the Italian dishes.

00:12Bruschetta.

00:14People always come out with the wrong is the bruschetta,

00:18but they say bruschetta.

00:19No, no, they say bruschetta or bruschutta.

00:26Gnocchi, so it's gnocchi.

00:30Prosciutto.

00:32Prosciutto.

00:34Prosciutto.

00:37Focaccia.

00:39When it's like it's a double C,

00:42so it's coming like almost close to a K,

00:45so it's going to be focaccia.

00:51Tagliatella.

00:56Pistacchio.

00:59Normally people say pistacchio,

01:01but you see like double C, H is the K,

01:04so pistacchio.

01:09Espresso.

01:14Cappuccino.

01:15Frittata.

01:20Frittata.

01:22It's different because one is double T,

01:24so double T is going to be very,

01:26you go up with your own, with your voice,

01:28so it's going to be frittata.

01:30So you see you go up and you go down.

01:32If it was one T, it was frittata.

01:34Biscotti.

01:35It's nice when the people,

01:36they know they are saying wrong,

01:37and they're trying to ask the correct way,

01:39so it looks like respectful to the tradition,

01:40to the Italian language,

01:41even to the food, you know.

01:42It looks like more respectful.

01:43It looks like more respectful.

01:56be at voulo.

01:57Be respectful.

01:58Be respectful.

01:59Be respectful.

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