agnolotti

noun

ag·​no·​lot·​ti ˌän-yə-ˈlä-tē 

-ˈlȯ-

plural agnolotti

: pasta in the form of semicircular cases containing a filling (as of meat, cheese, or vegetables)

Examples of agnolotti in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And then there’s the chestnut and mushroom agnolotti. —Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024

Selden’s handmade pastas range from a light agnolotti in a slippery broth of brown butter and filled with creamy sweet potatoes to a hearty tagliatelle Bolognese to a comforting cacio e pepe made with chewy bucatini noodles. —Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2024

The menu includes choices of a New York strip tagliata, Limone agnolotti or steak tartare. —Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2023

An appetizer of cuttlefish, chickpeas and ’nduja was savory and spicy in perfect balance; the pastas, both a lovely agnolotti stuffed with pumpkin in a sage-and-butter sauce and a spaghetti in a hearty ragù of pork shoulder, were extraordinary. —Eric Asimov, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Italian, plural of agnolotto, agnellotto, alteration of *anegliotto, alteration of anellotto, diminutive of anello "ring," going back to Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus "ring" — more at anus

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above