Panzerotto

//ˌpanzəˈɹɒtəʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of large ravioli made from pizza dough, filled with various ingredients such as ricotta (or mozzarella), tomato sauce and ham, and deep-fried. A specialty of Apulia and Campania.

Etymology

1960s: borrowed from Italian panzerotto, a derivative of central and southern panza, variant of standard pancia (“belly”), after its swollen shape.

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