Did you mayhaps mean one of these? soffit, soffits
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A mixture of seasonings and finely chopped vegetables, such as onions, garlic, and celery, that is sautéed in olive oil and used as a base for many Italian dishes.
Etymologies
- Italian, past participle of soffriggere, to brown, from Vulgar Latin *suffrīgere, to fry lightly; see sofrito. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The basic Southern Italian soffritto is prepared with olive oil, chopped onions and sometimes chopped garlic.”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: Ossobuco: A Taste of Italy
“In Northern Italy the most common soffritto is made with minced celery, carrot and onion.)”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: Ossobuco: A Taste of Italy
“The veal shanks are long simmered in chicken stock and white wine, flavored with the traditional "soffritto" (chopped onion, carrot and celery, sautéed in olive oil or butter at the beginning of the cooking process), tomato and bouquet garni.”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: Ossobuco: A Taste of Italy
“The veal shanks are long simmered in chicken stock and white wine, flavored with the traditional "soffritto" (chopped onion, carrot and celery, sautéed in olive oil or butter at the beginning of the cooking process), tomato and bouquet garni.”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: Ossobuco: A Taste of Italy
“His taste buds crave "il soffritto," a robust meat sauce which he swears is "divine" over some spaghetti.”
“Try the romesco of roasted peppers, the basil pesto or the squash and soffritto, delivering a beautiful color palette and fresh ingredients.”
“She started with a soffritto of shallot, fennel, and leek, adding Carnaroli rice, which she preferred to arborio, pinot grigio, and, when the wine had plumped the rice, spring-vegetable stock, one ladle at a time.”
“If you want to read about soffritto, Marcella Hazan, in the first paragraph of her Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking, talks about what soffritto is, how it's done, and how it's essentially a building block.”
Louise McCready: Chef Marco Canora on Cooking Under a Master's Wing and How to Avoid an Ulcer
“As someone who learned the craft of cooking under the knowledgeable tutelage of Tom Colicchio and Cibreo's Fabbio Picchi, Canora talks about his initial decision to earn a business degree, Italy's gift to world: soffritto, and giving thanks for President Barack Obama.”
Louise McCready: Chef Marco Canora on Cooking Under a Master's Wing and How to Avoid an Ulcer
“As someone who learned the craft of cooking under the knowledgeable tutelage of Tom Colicchio and Cibreo\'s Fabbio Picchi, Canora talks about his initial decision to earn a business degree, Italy\'s gift to world: soffritto, and giving thanks for President Barack Obama.”
Louise McCready: Chef Marco Canora on Cooking Under a Master's Wing and How to Avoid an Ulcer
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