noun
- small ring-shaped pasta stuffed with meat, cheese, or vegetables
Usage: Italian cuisine
Examples
- The restaurant serves fresh tortellini with cream sauce.
- She learned to make tortellini from her Italian grandmother.
- The tortellini were filled with ricotta and spinach.
- He ordered a bowl of tortellini in broth.
- The pasta shop sells frozen tortellini for home cooking.
- Tortellini originated in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.