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cassata

British  
/ kəˈsɑːtə /

noun

  1. an ice cream, originating in Italy, usually containing nuts and candied fruit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cassata

from Italian

Example Sentences

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During sweltering Indian summers, people would dash to the lit-up cases of Kwality at their local dime store for a block of nutty butterscotch ice cream, or the triple-layered ice cream bar called cassata.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2017

It is a tradition as varied as Italy itself, encompassing the pillowy focaccia of Liguria, the heavy, honeyed panforte of Siena and the sweet cassata of Sicily.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2017

The lower layers of the cassata do not buckle under the weight of those heaped above them.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2016

Desserts include a chocolate and amaretti pie from Parma and one lavish sweet, Sicilian cassata: lemon cake lopped with a heady mixture of rum, chocolate and ricotta.

From Time Magazine Archive

The baking of this elaborately decorated cassata is so distracting a labor that in 1575 the Roman Catholic Church forbade nuns to make it during Holy Week.

From Time Magazine Archive

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