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| ri·cot·ta [ ri kóttə ] |
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soft cheese: a soft white mild-tasting Italian cheese made from whey and used mostly in cooking, or a cheese made to resemble this
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| [Late 19th century. Via Italian, "recooked" < Latin recocta, form of past participle of recoquere "recook" < coquere "cook"] |
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