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ricetta

recipe

noun ree-CHET-tah Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Origin: From Latin recepta, past participle of recipere (to receive), originally a medical formula.

Also means

prescription

Usage Note

Ricetta covers both a cooking recipe and a medical prescription — context always distinguishes them. La ricetta medica is a doctor's prescription; la ricetta della nonna is grandmother's recipe. In cooking contexts, seguire una ricetta means 'to follow a recipe'. The plural is regular: le ricette.

Examples

"Seguo sempre la ricetta tradizionale."

Natural Translation

I always follow the traditional recipe.

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