stracciatella

noun4

1. •
   A type of Italian gelato (milk-based ice cream) with chocolate shavings.
2. •
   Any of several types of cheese often pulled into shreds.
3. •
   Ellipsis of stracciatella di bufala.
4. •
   An Italian soup consisting of a meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring.

   • ‘I had the happy notion of adding an egg,’ Williams shouted back. ‘It poaches in the soup. Not unlike an Italian stracciatella. Singularly toothsome.[…]’ — 1991