For the Sephardic Jewish stew, see Sofrito (stew).
Sofrito
Sofrito being prepared in Spain
Region or state
Latin American, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Main ingredients
Garlic, onion, peppers, and tomatoes
Ingredients generally used
Olive oil
Cookbook: Sofrito
Media: Sofrito
Sofrito (Spanish, Spanish:[soˈfɾito]), sofregit (Catalan, Catalan:[sufɾə'ʒit]),[1]soffritto (Italian, Italian:[sofˈfritto]), or refogado (Portuguese, Portuguese:[ʁɨfuˈɣaðu]), is a basic preparation in Mediterranean, Latin American, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese cooking. It typically consists of aromatic ingredients cut into small pieces and sautéed or braised in cooking oil for a long period of time over a low heat.
In modern Spanish cuisine, sofrito consists of garlic, onion and peppers cooked in olive oil, and optionally tomatoes or carrots. This is known as refogado, sufrito, or sometimes as estrugido in Portuguese-speaking nations, where only garlic, onions, and olive oil are considered essential, tomato and bay laurel leaves being the other most common ingredients.[2]
^Andrews, Colman (2005) [Originally published: New York: Macmillan, 1988]. "Part Two: SAUCES - Sofregit". Catalan Cuisine, Revised Edition: Vivid Flavors From Spain's Mediterranean Coast (Revised ed.). Boston, Massachusetts: The Harvard Common Press. pp. 37ff. ISBN 9781558323292. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^"Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Dictionary of the Portuguese Language, Refogado". Retrieved 23 October 2018.
combination of rice, pigeon peas, and pork, cooked in the same pot with sofrito. This is Puerto Rico's national dish along with roasted pork. This dish...
flavor bases include the Italian soffritto, the Spanish and Portuguese sofrito/refogado (braised onions, garlic and tomato), a variation with tomato paste...
rice stew). Many Puerto Rican rice dishes are generously seasoned with sofrito, a sauce commonly used in arroz con pollo. Food writer Elisabeth Lambert...
the day prior to roasting with sofrito, salt and pepper, plus possibly additional spices (oregano and adobo). Sofrito is placed deep within the meat through...
A fried banana (plantain or other cooking bananas) and tomato sauce (sofrito) are so frequently used that they are often considered defining ingredients...
vegetables and peppers to make recaíto and sofrito. The base of many Puerto Rican main dishes involves sofrito, similar to the mirepoix of French cooking...
bijol which is annatto seeds. The rice and corn are cooked in Cuban-style sofrito, chorizo, white wine, Cuban orégano, cumin, and chicken stock. Arroz con...
and arroz junto, among others. Broth is often made with chicken and sofrito. Sofrito is made with Spanish and Taíno fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Pork...
Hogao is a variant of Spanish sofrito and is typically used in Colombian cuisine. Traditionally made with only long green onions and tomatoes, differing...
sofrito. Guandules de coco - Pigeon peas stewed in coconut milk, squash, and sofrito. Sancocho de guandules - Pigeon peas stewed with squash, sofrito...
Puerto Rican recipes, ají cubanela is one of the primary ingredients of sofrito, a mild salsa- or pico de gallo-like vegetable-herb blend that forms the...
substituted but are not typical. Like pasteles, pastele stew is seasoned with sofrito and annatto oil. It is also not uncommon to utilize sazón packet seasoning...
cuisine. Epis has Taino and African origins. It also has similarities to sofrito which is used in Hispanic cuisine. This use of a flavor base is common...
(less common), such as crawfish or shrimp. The vegetables are usually a sofrito-like mixture known as the "trinity" in Creole and Cajun cooking, consisting...
seasoning for the region is a green herb-and-oil-based marinade called sofrito, which imparts a flavor profile which is quintessentially Caribbean in...
over night. On the day of cooking, the tripe is added to a stock pot of sofrito, ham, calf feet and tail, tomato sauce, herbs, stock, squash, cassava,...
sauces List of sauces Peanut sauce Salad dressing Salsa Sambal Saucery Sofrito Colin Spencer (2011). British Food: An Extraordinary Thousand Years of...
pieces in oil with spices and then adding the tomato puree, it is known as sofrito. Spain portal Food portal Fabricant, Florence (February 7, 2007). "FOOD...
is a Catalan - Valencian dish based on diced eggplant and zucchini, a sofrito of chopped garlic and onion and grated tomato, cooked in olive oil. Other...
pot. Sofrito, meat, olives, capers and spices are cooked in annatto oil. Annatto adds flavor and tints the rice a bright orange color. Once sofrito is cooked...
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