ricotta

(ri kätə)

noun

  1. a soft, dry or moist Italian cheese made from whey obtained in the production of other cheeses
  2. a cheese like this made in the U.S. from whole milk or from whey and whole milk

Origin: It < L recocta, recooked, fem. pp. of recoquere, to boil again: see re- & cook

See ricotta in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
  2. A similar soft cheese made in the United States.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , from Latin recocta

Origin: , feminine past participle of recoquere, to cook again

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots

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