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

The menu includes petite bites of chicken cannoli with ricotta, Japanese tamago sando, pastrami Reuben salad, and more. —Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026

For the second course, guests will be served spring herbed ravioli that includes ricotta cheese, morels and parmesan emulsion. —Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

The dinner featured a garden vegetable velouté paired with hearts of palm, toasted shallots and micro mint, followed by spring herbed ravioli with ricotta, morels and parmesan emulsion sourced in part from the White House Kitchen Garden. —Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026

For five months, ate a pound of turkey with ketchup for breakfast, a scoop of cold ricotta cheese with cold tomato sauce for lunch, a pound of roast beef with ketchup for dinner. —Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026

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