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cotto
cooked
If you just see 'cotto' on a pizza menu, it means prosciutto cotto (cooked rather than cured ham)
ben cotto: well done. Never for a bistecca alla fiorentina, but the usual way of cooking lamb chops.
cotto a puntino: cooked to perfection
Text © Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls
Image by Birte, Public Domain