Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Pasta in the shape of small ears.
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- noun A type of
pasta , made with the thumb from a small disk, typically fromPuglia .
Etymologies
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Examples
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RECIPE serves one hungry woman cavatelli pugliesi (or other pasta such as orecchiette) one small shallot, finely diced butter
Archive 2007-08-01 myriam 2007
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RECIPE serves one hungry woman cavatelli pugliesi (or other pasta such as orecchiette) one small shallot, finely diced butter
last minute pasta gone fancy myriam 2007
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Certain flour-and-water pastas, such as orecchiette from Apulia, pici from Tuscany, and trofie from Liguria, to name a few, are still often made by hand, although they usually are not made entirely with hard-wheat flour.
How To Cook Italian Giuliano Hazan 2005
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Several chefs who are represented in Las Vegas, including Francois Payard and Jet Tila , came out for the dinner of pepperoni rrrostiti, frito misto, orecchiette with broccoli rappe and sausage, and, of course, Uncle Vincent's famous lemon chicken.
Snagging a Dinner at Rao's Marshall Heyman 2011
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The food, Mr. Carmellini says, is "comfortable," but "never in the sloppy way" — apt words for his legendary lamb meatball sliders and orecchiette with homemade duck sausage.
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The caramelized cauliflower orecchiette and the ricotta gnocchi with sweet sausage are particularly good.
No License, No Worry Here Lettie Teague 2011
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For her second Slow Food Fast contribution, Ms. Bloomfield shares a recipe for orecchiette with cauliflower, sweet onions, garlic, anchovies, rosemary and Parmesan.
Cauliflower and Anchovy Orecchiette Kitty Greenwald 2011
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Their hostess, a skilled home cook, wowed them with the vegetable-laden sauce and hand-made orecchiette a small ear-shaped pasta.
Cauliflower and Anchovy Orecchiette Kitty Greenwald 2011
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Try the stellar steak tartara Piedmontese, grandmother's ravioli, orecchiette with homemade duck sausage and broccoli rabe or the mountain trout with lentils and pancetta.
Fact And Comment 2010
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Try the stellar steak tartara Piedmontese, grandmother's ravioli, orecchiette with homemade duck sausage and broccoli rabe or the mountain trout with lentils and pancetta.
chained_bear commented on the word orecchiette
I love that this means "litte ears." How unappetizing! And yet, in Italian, it's the cutest word.
October 18, 2007
bilby commented on the word orecchiette
Actually my favourite kind of pasta, so we can add tastiest to cutest. Seems to me most closely associated with Apulia.
November 23, 2007