soffritto

American  

[soh-free-toh, sawf-freet-taw] / soʊˈfri toʊ, sɔfˈfrit tɔ /

noun

1. Also called battuto.  Italian Cooking. a base for stews and soups, consisting of hot oil, butter, or fat in which a chopped onion or crushed garlic clove has been browned, often with the addition of chopped parsley, celery, and carrot.

2. (in Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean cooking) sofrito.

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Etymology

Origin of soffritto

First recorded in 1910–15; from Italian, past participle of soffriggere; suf-, fry ¹