Ingredient
What is Sugo?
Pronounced /SOO-goh/
Definition
Sugo is the general Italian word for sauce, most often a tomato-based one, from sugo di pomodoro to the Italian-American Sunday gravy.
Sugo finto ("fake sauce") is the meatless version — soffritto and tomato cooked long enough to taste like it had meat in it.
In Italian-American households the Sunday version simmers with sausage, meatballs, and braciole until the afternoon is gone.
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