ricotta









ricotta


noun

  1. a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.

noun

  1. a soft white unsalted cheese made from sheep’s milk, used esp in making ravioli and gnocchi
n.

kind of Italian cottage cheese, 1877, earlier ricoct (1580s), from Italian ricotta, literally “recooked,” from fem. past participle of Latin recoquere, from re- “again” (see re-) + coquere “to cook” (see cook (n.)).

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