ricotta
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
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How to use ricotta in a sentence
His pints come in such fun flavors as oatmeal cookie with shaved chocolate and ricotta with sour cherry.
Slathered with a generous spread of ricotta, then layered with slices of ripe pear, the toast is finished with a drizzle of maple syrup, toasted walnuts and a dusting of cinnamon.
Move over avocado, ricotta toast with pear is here to make breakfast and snacks better | Ellie Krieger | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostLusciously creamy and protein-rich, with the flavor of fresh milk, ricotta has long been one of my favorite bread spreads.
Move over avocado, ricotta toast with pear is here to make breakfast and snacks better | Ellie Krieger | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostSpread about 3 tablespoons of the ricotta onto each piece, then arrange 3 or 4 slices of pear on top of each toast.
Move over avocado, ricotta toast with pear is here to make breakfast and snacks better | Ellie Krieger | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostA filling of raw spinach, the best ricotta cheese she could get her hands on, double garlic and double cheese and, sometimes, an extra egg.
The tomato salad with peaches, plums, and whole-made ricotta is a perfect dish for spring/summer.
Mozzarella, ricotta and burrata all come from the south of Italy; feta is from Greece.
Fed up with using half of a store-bought container of ricotta cheese, Petrit Husenaj embarked on making his own.
The next time I go to use it, my ricotta has turned into a Petri dish and is now the only other living thing in my apartment.
The saltiness of ricotta salata and olives make this simple root vegetable a meal.
Ewe's milk is as much esteemed as in the days of Theocritus; it forms the staple of the inevitable ricotta.
Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-CesarescoFeta is soft and as blinding white as a plate of fresh ricotta smothered with sour cream.
The Complete Book of Cheese | Robert Carlton BrownLike ricotta, this is such a popular cheese all over America that it is imitated widely, and often badly, with a bitter taste.
The Complete Book of Cheese | Robert Carlton Brown
British Dictionary definitions for ricotta
/ (rɪˈkɒtə) /
a soft white unsalted cheese made from sheep's milk, used esp in making ravioli and gnocchi
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1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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