stracciatella

Definitions

1. An Italian soup made by dribbling a mixture of Parmesan cheese and beaten egg into hot broth.
   countable, uncountable
2. A type of Italian milk-based ice cream with chocolate shavings.
   countable, uncountable
3. Any of several types of cheese often pulled into shreds.
   countable, uncountable
4. Ellipsis of stracciatella di bufala
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, especially, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome.[…]’”

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