OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21148

piquant

/ˈpiːkənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
picante
Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy.
Elsewhere in South America, excepting Bahia in Brazil, one does not encounter piquant cuisine, although one may stumble on a piquant dish now and then […]
Pork Chops with Apple and Port These chops are baked in a piquant sauce containing fruit, honey, cinnamon, lemon and port, all of which reduces to a spicy syrup.