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sofrito

sofrito noun: a sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.

Noun

sofrito (countable and uncountable, plural sofritos)

  1. A sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.
    • "Should I do it?" Jimmy asked again, finishing off his beer and using a piece of bread to sop up the sofrito.1996, Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow, Ballantine Books, published 2008, page 18

Forms of sofrito

pluralsofritos

Origin of sofrito

Borrowed from Spanish sofrito. Doublet of soffritto.

Questions about sofrito

What does sofrito mean?
Sofrito means a sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.
What part of speech is sofrito?
Sofrito is a noun.
What is the plural of sofrito?
The plural of sofrito is sofritos.

Words near sofrito in the dictionary

  1. SoFlo
  2. SOFM
  3. SOFMs
  4. sofosbuvir
  5. SOFR
  6. sofrito
  7. sofritos
  8. sofritto
  9. sofrittos
  10. Sofronio Española
  11. SOFs

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