ricotta
/rɪˈkɒtə
/noun [mass noun]
A soft white unsalted Italian cheese.There are also low fat alternatives to dairy products such as low fat cream cheese, ricotta, cottage cheese, cheddars and yoghurts....
- Cheese has as much relevance now as it does in winter; especially the fresh goat cheeses and lighter cheeses such as feta, ricotta and mozzarella.
- Skim ricotta can replace cream cheese on a bagel or in a vegetable dip.
Origin
Italian, literally 'recooked, cooked twice'.
Rhymes
- pendulous
- pendulously
- pendulousness
- pendulum
- pendulum arbitration
- pendulum ball
- pendulum bob
- pendulum clock
- pendulum governor
- pendulum hausse
- pendulum observation
- pendulum saw
- pendulum spring
- pendulum swing
- pendulum watch
- pendulum wire
- penecontemporaneity
- penecontemporaneous
- penecontemporaneously
- penectomy
- peneid
- Penelope
- Penelopean
- penelopise
- penelopize