ricotta

noun

ri·​cot·​ta ri-ˈkä-tə 

-ˈkȯ-

: a white unripened whey cheese of Italy that resembles cottage cheese

also : a similar cheese made in the U.S. from whole or skim milk

Examples of ricotta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On the set, between takes, Anne needled her assistant, Young Sun, who was arranging ricotta gnocchi on a sheet pan. —Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025

These beauties, stuffed with ricotta and that charming supermarket cheese, Bousin, were fried to a golden hue and nestled on fava bean pesto. —Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2025

The restaurant, open for dinner and brunch, serves old favorites like chicken Milanese and more inventive dishes, such as stinging nettle dumplings with garlic scapes, preserved lemon, and ricotta salata, in a morel broth. —Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 29 May 2025

Other sources of vitamin A include sweet potatoes, milk, cantaloupe, ricotta cheese, eggs, and salmon. —Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from feminine of past participle of ricuocere to cook again, from Latin recoquere, from re- + coquere to cook — more at cook

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ricotta

• biota
• iota
• lakota
• nonquota
• chota
• cota
• quota

Kids Definition

ricotta

noun

ri·​cot·​ta ri-ˈkät-ə 

: a soft, white Italian cheese