Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pasta in small rings stuffed usually with meat or cheese and served in soup or with a sauce.
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- noun small, ring-shaped
pasta , stuffed with meat, cheese etc; eaten with asauce or in asoup
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small ring-shaped stuffed pasta
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Using pesto on tortellini is a bit tricky, because of all the nooks and crannies that lumps of your pesto can sink into.
All basil, all the time.. Michele 2005
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Using pesto on tortellini is a bit tricky, because of all the nooks and crannies that lumps of your pesto can sink into.
Everything old is new again.. Michele 2005
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Check out the maple roasted-pumpkin tortellini from Copper Pot; it’s the last week for its beer can chicken ravioli, and the last week for peaches.
Market Roundup: Sept 30-Oct. 7 Bonnie S. Benwick 2010
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Copper Pot will have maple-roasted pumpkin tortellini and it’s last call for the beer can chicken ravioli.
Market Roundup: Sept 30-Oct. 7 Bonnie S. Benwick 2010
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For my primi, being perfectly willing to see a theme all the way through to the end, I had Ravioli al Tuorlo d’uovo, di seirass della Valle Pellice e Murazzano D.O.P.: saffron colored pasta envelopes that we call tortellini in New York, filled with a mixture of ricotta and Valle Pellice, the milky ricotta tempering the more strong, salty aged cheese.
Italy 2006
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For my primi, being perfectly willing to see a theme all the way through to the end, I had Ravioli al Tuorlo d’uovo, di seirass della Valle Pellice e Murazzano D.O.P.: saffron colored pasta envelopes that we call tortellini in New York, filled with a mixture of ricotta and Valle Pellice, the milky ricotta tempering the more strong, salty aged cheese.
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For my primi, being perfectly willing to see a theme all the way through to the end, I had Ravioli al Tuorlo d’uovo, di seirass della Valle Pellice e Murazzano D.O.P.: saffron colored pasta envelopes that we call tortellini in New York, filled with a mixture of ricotta and Valle Pellice, the milky ricotta tempering the more strong, salty aged cheese.
Augieland: 2006
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For my primi, being perfectly willing to see a theme all the way through to the end, I had Ravioli al Tuorlo d’uovo, di seirass della Valle Pellice e Murazzano D.O.P.: saffron colored pasta envelopes that we call tortellini in New York, filled with a mixture of ricotta and Valle Pellice, the milky ricotta tempering the more strong, salty aged cheese.
Truffles 2006
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Barilla has this fantastic (and shockingly cheap) spinach/ricotta tortellini, which is functioning as my lunch right now.
February 20th, 2005 2005
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In Bologna they are also called tortellini; but in Romagna tortellini are made from little disks instead of little squares making them look more like a belly button than a hat.
How To Cook Italian Giuliano Hazan 2005
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