Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Pasta shaped like small shells or bullets.

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  • noun A type of pasta, with rolled edges.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, from pl. diminutive of cavato, past participle of cavare, to hollow out, from Latin cavāre; see excavate.]

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Italian.

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Examples

  • The menu included their house-made cavatelli with sausage and browned sage butter.

    A Lifelong Taste for Horse Racing Ben Cohen 2011

  • Focusing on the sunny cuisine of the Mediterranean, it offers a flavor-dense tour of the region, from the Turkish walnut salad with pomegranate seeds, to house made ricotta cavatelli with chestnuts and crimini mushrooms.

    Tanya Steel: The Best Fashion Week Food Spots Tanya Steel 2012

  • Focusing on the sunny cuisine of the Mediterranean, it offers a flavor-dense tour of the region, from the Turkish walnut salad with pomegranate seeds, to house made ricotta cavatelli with chestnuts and crimini mushrooms.

    Tanya Steel: The Best Fashion Week Food Spots Tanya Steel 2012

  • My wife is from Molise so we'll make cavatelli, roll it out and cut it.

    Michael White, The Prince of Pasta 2011

  • The menu included their house-made cavatelli with sausage and browned sage butter.

    A Lifelong Taste for Horse Racing Ben Cohen 2011

  • My wife is from Molise so we'll make cavatelli, roll it out and cut it.

    Michael White, The Prince of Pasta 2011

  • Focusing on the sunny cuisine of the Mediterranean, it offers a flavor-dense tour of the region, from the Turkish walnut salad with pomegranate seeds, to house made ricotta cavatelli with chestnuts and crimini mushrooms.

    Tanya Steel: The Best Fashion Week Food Spots Tanya Steel 2012

  • Add 1 pound fresh or frozen cavatelli to the large pot of boiling water and cook for a few minutes less than the package instructions indicate; drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water, then add the pasta to the pan with the tomatoes.

    The Shape of Summer Pasta Katherine Wheelock 2011

  • Like many of his peers, the chef serves pasta as a meatless option, and to be honest, his cavatelli are doughier than ideal.

    Same address, changed atmosphere: 701 shines with new chef, interior 2010

  • Chef Barry Koslow at Tallula uses lots of fennel seeds, for veal sausage with cavatelli, in pickled ramps, bread-and-butter pickles and in all of the restaurant's brines.

    I Spice: Fennel 2010

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  • Looks like a peapod to me.

    July 2, 2010