ricotta

ri·cot·ta  (r-kt)

n.

1. A soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.

2. A similar soft cheese made in the United States.

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[Italian, from Latin recocta, feminine past participle of recoquere, to cook again : re-, re- + coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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ricotta [rɪˈkɒtə]

n

(Cookery) a soft white unsalted cheese made from sheep's milk, used esp in making ravioli and gnocchi

[Italian, from Latin recocta recooked, from recoquere, from re- + coquere to cook]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ricotta - soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese cheese - a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk