al pepe rosa

09:11 Dec 3, 2011 

Read Asker's original question (while she is not giving any indication this is a dressing, but suggests it is a sauce, we are not in a position to assume otherwise):
"do i need to add the word sauce in your opinion?? or is it already okey without and people understand anyway i'm speaking about some kind of sauce and not only pepper? "

The Asker has asked that in the case of this dish which includes a sauce, should we use the word "sauce" in the title to indicate that there is one. Personally, if I saw a menu title of Salmon Carpaccio with pink peppercorns how would I know there was a sauce present if the word was there? It is the asker herself who has described the presence of a sauce - she is not asking about whether this a sauce, dressing or whatever, that was not the question.

19:42 Dec 2, 2011 

Erm - how do you know it's a sauce, rather than e.g. a dressing? Do you know the recipe or what else the dish contains? images: http://preview.tinyurl.com/crwhfmj

18:12 Dec 2, 2011 

non capisco perché dobbiamo fare le polemiche quando ognuno è libero di scegliere quel che ritiene più opportuno.. credo.

18:10 Dec 2, 2011 

and i repeat that i don't disbelieve anybody, "sauce" is necessary here since carpaccio al pepe rosa (IN THIS CASE) is served with pink peppercorn SAUCE.

16:27 Dec 2, 2011 

I am not trying to defend my own answer here, but how on earth would you know this was a sauce without reading the word sauce? I am always coming across various oily fish types treated with peppercorns and there is no sauce at all with this.

16:21 Dec 2, 2011 

So, you decided to disbelieve 6 peers that "sauce" is not necessary here!!! Why do we waste our time?!

10:44 Dec 1, 2011 

2Lara: it's a sauce, but in Italian they don't write it... i don't know why... other languages need "sauce" after "peppercorn"...
2writeaway: i know it's easily findable but my question was if i need to say "sauce" to make it understand or it's okey without it. They are 2 different things, so i must say it. Thanx to everybody. Lara answered my question.

09:04 Dec 1, 2011 

I am a bit confused about your question. Is this a sauce or is it just salmon prepared with the peppercorns on their own? If it is a sauce you need to say this or nobody will know - it is possible to serve fish that has been simply treated with peppercorns alongside and this would not be describing a sauce in this case.