Definition of "orecchiette" []

• A type of pasta, made with the thumb from a small disk, typically from Puglia. (noun)

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• "RECIPE serves one hungry woman cavatelli pugliesi (or other pasta such as orecchiette) one small shallot, finely diced butter"
• "Certain flour-and-water pastas, such as orecchiette from Apulia, pici from Tuscany, and trofie from Liguria, to name a few, are still often made by hand, although they usually are not made entirely with hard-wheat flour."
• "Several chefs who are represented in Las Vegas, including Francois Payard and Jet Tila , came out for the dinner of pepperoni rrrostiti, frito misto, orecchiette with broccoli rappe and sausage, and, of course, Uncle Vincent's famous lemon chicken."