agnolotti

American  

[an-yuh-lot-ee, ah-nyaw-lawt-tee] / ˌæn yəˈlɒt i, ˌɑ nyɔˈlɔt ti /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a dish of small pasta shaped like half moons and usually filled with tortellini stuffing: boiled and served in broth or with a sauce.

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Etymology

Origin of agnolotti

< 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

Example Sentences

And then there’s the chestnut and mushroom agnolotti.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

Finer still is the Mont Blanc pasta, a riff on a classic European dessert in which a chestnut-oat stuffing swells housemade agnolotti arranged with a lovely sage-scented pesto.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

His spring menu features salt-cured fluke; scallops with stinging nettles and morels; ramp agnolotti done carbonara-style; salmon with asparagus; and beef tenderloin with artichokes, sun-dried tomato pesto and green olives.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Another "genre," if you will, is stuffed pasta — ravioli, cannelloni, manicotto, tortellini and tortelloni and agnolotti — which are excellent, but aren't necessarily the kinds of pasta you'd eat on a daily basis.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021

It’s a posh version of ramen with arugula-filled agnolotti and a soy-poached quail egg.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2018