soffritto

Borrowed from Italian soffritto

soffritto (plural soffrittos)

1. (cooking) Sautéed mixture of chopped onions, carrots and celery, used as the beginning point of a dish. May also contain garlic, shallot, and leek.

• sofrito / soffrito / sofritto
• mirepoix

• first-foot

From the verb soffriggere

• IPA^(key): /sofˈfrit.to/, [s̪ofˈfr̺it̪t̪o]
• Rhymes: -itto
• Stress: soffrìtto
• Hyphenation: sof‧frit‧to

soffritto m (feminine singular soffritta, masculine plural soffritti, feminine plural soffritte)

1. past participle of soffriggere

soffritto m (plural soffritti)

1. (cooking) soffritto

soffritto (feminine singular soffritta, masculine plural soffritti, feminine plural soffritte)

1. Having been slowly cooked in oil or boiling fat.

• → English: soffritto