agnolotti
[ an-yuh-lot-ee; Italian ah-nyaw-lawt-tee ]
noun(used with a singular or plural verb)Italian Cooking.
a dish of small pasta shaped like half moons and usually filled with tortellini stuffing: boiled and served in broth or with a sauce.
Origin of agnolotti
1<Italian: filled disc-shaped or rectangular pasta, plural of agnolotto, agnellotto, probably alteration of *anegliotto, variant of anellotto, equivalent to anell(o) ring (<Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus ring) + -otto noun suffix, here perhaps with diminutive force; -o- internally may reflect Upper Italian form such as Pavia dialect agnulòt
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How to use agnolotti in a sentence
Her tender agnolotti enclose the chef’s heady short rib filling, smoother than before with whipped butter and intensely flavored with cheese and the braising liquid from the meat.
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