Definition of cavatelli in English:
cavatelli
plural nounkavəˈtɛlikävəˈtelē
Small discs or short strips of pasta with opposite edges rolled towards each other to form a hollow shape.
another wonderful dish was the cavatelli with chèvre and roasted peppers and onions
Example sentencesExamples
- A typical selection includes: Fried lobster with cavatelli pasta served in its shell with rocket, asparagus and shellfish oil.
- I preferred the cavatelli rustici in garlic and oil, served simply with broccoli and a generous ration of sweet fennel-flavored sausage.
- His grandfather has a hand in the food, quite literally, turning out the cavatelli each morning.
- Saturday is pasta day and right now that includes cavatelli and fettuccini with meat from Graziano's.
- It's much more fun to attack the pasta - handmade cavatelli topped with a sweet- and hot-sausage ragu.
- The current menu includes cavatelli with walnut pesto and ricotta cheese.
- Other standouts included the braised beef short ribs with handmade cavatelli, wild mushrooms and truffle mousse.
- I took refuge in a succession of satisfying pastas, including the baked cavatelli (a square of macaroni and cheese, laced with Sicilian tuna, in a béchamel sauce).
- Fred asks for a dish of cavatelli smothered in sausage and onions.
- There's also baked cavatelli, baked spaghetti, signature white mac 'n' cheese and sandwiches.
Origin
Italian, plural of cavatello, from cavato past participle of cavare 'hollow out' + the diminutive suffix -ello.