Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Desleír la ricotta con un poco de leche.
English translation:
Soften the ricotta with a little bit of milk.
Added to glossary by
Paola Grochi
Feb 4, 2008 18:10
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Uruguay
Real Estate, Tourism and NGOs
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Desleír la ricotta con un poco de leche.
Spanish to English
Other
Cooking / Culinary
Desleír la ricotta con un poco de leche.
Es agregar un poco de líquido a algún producto semisólido para formar una pasta homogénea.
Es agregar un poco de líquido a algún producto semisólido para formar una pasta homogénea.
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+9
4 mins
Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Works in field
Mexico
The right words in the right place.
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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28
Selected
Soften the ricotta with a little bit of milk.
En inglés, el proceso de combinar un líquido con un queso semisólido para formar una pasta se llama "softening".
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!!"
+1
2 mins
Victoria Porter-Burns
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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23
dilute
I think this should fit your context.
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Note added at 3 mins (2008-02-04 18:13:27 GMT)
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i.e. dilute the ricotta with a drop of milk
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-02-04 18:14:31 GMT)
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On second thoughs, perhaps 'water down the ricotta' would be more suitable to solids?
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Note added at 3 mins (2008-02-04 18:13:27 GMT)
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i.e. dilute the ricotta with a drop of milk
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Note added at 4 mins (2008-02-04 18:14:31 GMT)
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On second thoughs, perhaps 'water down the ricotta' would be more suitable to solids?
-1
10 mins
Dolores Vázquez
Native in Spanish
Also a Technical Engineer
Native in: Galician , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 5 more.
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53
dissolve the cottage cheese /curd with a little of milk
Una sugerencia.
Peer comment(s):
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Margaret Schroeder
: "Ricotta" y "cottage cheese" no son el mismo queso http://www.ohio4h.org/~news/story.php?id=1890
8 mins
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| disagree |
cmwilliams (X)
: 'ricotta' is also used in English and we don't dissolve it.
9 mins
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15 mins
Janine Libbey
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Put a new accent on your business.
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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52
thin the ricotta with a little milk
desleír
v. thin; dissolve
In a bowl, mix ricotta, yolk, salt and pepper. Add a bit of milk to thin it out. ... Pre-heat some oil (about 5 - 6 cm deep), fried the dough over ...
gattinamia.blogspot.com/2006/06/fried-ricotta-pasta-with-indiras-red.html
To a cup of ricotta, add the garlic mix, and 1 egg, and 1/2 cup of romano, coarse pepper and thin it with milk. Mix with fork to you get a nice sauce and to ...
www.chowhound.com/topics/
Thin sauce with pasta water. Reserve a cup of the cooking water before draining the ... If the sauce becomes too thick, add a little of the water to thin it ...
www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content
v. thin; dissolve
In a bowl, mix ricotta, yolk, salt and pepper. Add a bit of milk to thin it out. ... Pre-heat some oil (about 5 - 6 cm deep), fried the dough over ...
gattinamia.blogspot.com/2006/06/fried-ricotta-pasta-with-indiras-red.html
To a cup of ricotta, add the garlic mix, and 1 egg, and 1/2 cup of romano, coarse pepper and thin it with milk. Mix with fork to you get a nice sauce and to ...
www.chowhound.com/topics/
Thin sauce with pasta water. Reserve a cup of the cooking water before draining the ... If the sauce becomes too thick, add a little of the water to thin it ...
www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content
Peer comment(s):
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mar52
: También.
1 min
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Gracias.
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Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
: A good option!
3 hrs
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Thank you.
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