semolina
Definitions
Agriculture
- noun a coarse flour made from wheat after the fine flour has been ground. It is used to make puddings.
Food
- A technical term for the large pieces of endosperm from wheat which are made by the fluted rolls used to separate the bran from the semolina
- The culinary term for a particular type of semolina made from durum wheat. The particle size varies according to the use to which it is going to be put. Fine semolina is used for pasta, coarser varieties are used to make a boiled milk pudding.
Travel
- noun hard grains of wheat left when flour is sifted, used in puddings, stews, etc.
Origin & History of “semolina”
Latin
simila meant ‘fine flour’ (it has given
English the
simnel (13
th c.) of
simnel cake,
which originally denoted ‘bread made
from fine flour’). From it was descended Italian
semola ‘bran’, whose diminutive
form semolino was adapted into English as
semolina.
