sorrentinos

English

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Spanish Sorrento
    Spanish -ino
    Spanish sorrentino
    Spanish sorrentinosbor.
    English sorrentinos

    Borrowed from Spanish sorrentinos.

    Noun

    sorrentinos pl (plural only)

    1. A Argentinian dish similar to ravioli, but larger, more circular and originally wrapped without fluted edge.
      • 2008, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Eliot Greenspan, Charlie O'Malley, Jisel Perilla, Neil E. Schlecht, Kristina Schreck, Frommer's South America, 4th edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 162:
        The lamb in soft mint sauce, pizzas, and pumpkin sorrentinos are superb.
      • 2010, Danny Aeberhard, Andrew Benson, Rosalba O'Brien, Lucy Phillips, The Rough Guide to Argentina, fourth edition, [London]: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 291, column 1:
        Food is more conventional, though some dishes have a twist, such as the signature turkey, mozzarella and nut sorrentinos.
      • 2019 August 19, Natalie Alcoba, “Food prices soar in Argentina as peso devalues”, in Al Jazeera‎[1], archived from the original on 16 April 2024:
        Silvia Echeverria gingerly balanced a box containing two sheets of stuffed sorrentinos in the crook of her left arm, holding the pasta like a tray of jewels.

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Etymology

      Possibly named after the creator of the dish, said to be an Italian immigrant to Argentina from Sorrento.

      Noun

      sorrentinos pl (singular sorrentino)

      1. sorrentinos

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