I have seen this on Italian pizzaria menus, but cannot find a definition (nor recipe) for it. Also, it was mentioned in the song "Agita" featured in the 1984 Woody Allen movie "Broadway Danny Rose".
2006-09-17 12:29:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Soffritto (literally "sub-fried" in Italian) forms the base of most common Italian dishes. It consists of aromatic ingredients sautéed with cooking oil. The basic soffritto is prepared with extra-virgin olive oil, chopped onions (or scallions) and sometimes chopped garlic cloves. According to the recipe or the regional preference, olive oil may be replaced with butter or both may be used. One may prefer not to add garlic. The next step is to add extra ingredients to the soffritto. There is a great variety of options, such as vegetables (carrots, celery, artichokes, etc.), mushrooms, prosciutto, tuna, olives and so on, but these are not chosen arbitrarily since they are usually considered the ingredients giving a meal its distinct character.
2006-09-18 13:42:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is dialectal Italian. Correct Italian term is sofritto. It is a base for many recipes. It is equal parts celery, carrot and onion, finely chopped, sautee'd in oil (or in classic cuisine, sadly, lard) until transparent and slightly browned. That is the sofritto part. Often to this, ground meat (generally beef but sometimes also veal and pork in lesser quantities) is then added and browned. When you then add (optional) tomato puree or chopped tomato you end up with a Bolognese sauce (aka Bolonaise)
It should not be part of a pizza menu although in US cooking there's the general idea that the more you put on the better it is. That is not acceptable in Italian fine cooking.
2006-09-18 06:23:52 · answer #2 · answered by visitor1957 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cow hearts. Very popular with Italians. Never had it, but some people love it. I know it takes my mother a long time to make.
2006-09-17 20:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anne S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vegetable
2006-09-17 19:32:20 · answer #4 · answered by Up your Maslow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a dish which contains a cows heart and sometimes other things like the stomach or intestines. Stick to pizzas.
2006-09-17 19:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by kinnoishere 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Suffrite is cow's heart (there may be other cow innards involved, like stomach, but I'm not sure)."
That is not my quote, I got it from the below link from a post on a message board.
2006-09-17 19:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by Raj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
letteraly "suffrite" is a word in dialect in Naples and means "you all suffer"... in a menu I don't know what it is 'cause in Italy doesn't exist any recipies whiot this name... it could be "soffritto" but I wouldn't put it on a pizza(and if you'll do it you'll "suffrite")
2006-09-18 15:18:25 · answer #7 · answered by --Flavia-- 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋