ricotta
A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheeseA soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.
» Instead of fresh cream, you can use ricotta or mascarpone.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A soft Italian unsalted whey cheese resembling cottage cheese.
Ricotta
рико́ттаrikótta
ріко́таrikóta
soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese
Examples
2 sentencesInstead of fresh cream, you can use ricotta or mascarpone.
Instead of crème fraiche, you can just as well use ricotta or mascarpone.
deStatt der Crème fraîche können Sie auch gut Ricotta oder Mascarpone nehmen. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.Borrowed from Italian ricotta (literally “cooked again”), from Latin recocta.
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Forms
plural: ricottasLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.