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ragù d'agnello

/rah-GOO dah'NYEHL-loh/
[Italian]

A sauce of chopped lamb stewed with onions, garlic and white wine with tomatoes.

ragù del macellaio

/rah-GOO del mah-chehl-LAH-yoh/
[Italian]

"Ragù in the style of the butcher." Mixed meats stewed with tomatoes and herbs. The sauce is traditionally served with orecchiette or cavaetlli and the meat is then served as a separate course.

ragù di funghi

/rah-GOO dee FOON-ghee/
[Italian]

"Ragù with mushrooms." Mixed meats stewed with mushrooms.

Ragusa

/rah-GOO-sah/
[Italian]

Ragusa is a province and town in Sicily, the island off the toe of Italy.

Ragusano

/rah-goo-SAH-noh/
[Italian]

A cow's milk cheese from Ragusa in Sicily, made in a block of 16-18 kg or in small pillows and tied with string; it is rather like Provolone and eaten fresh or aged as a grating cheese (PDO).

ragù siciliano delle feste

/rah-GOO see-cheel-YAH-noh dehl-leh FEHS-teh/
[Italian]

"Sicilian cream of rice and asparagus soup." Minced meat with egg, cheese, garlic and breadcrumbs formed into patties and put into a casserole with sausage and marrow bone and cooked with potatoes and then peas. The sauce is usually served with maccheroni and then the meat is served.

Ramandolo

/rah-mahn-DOH-loh/
[Italian]

Ramandolo is an area of production of DOC sweet white wine produced from a local clone of the grape variety Verduzzo also called Ramondolo, which also gives its name to thewine. It is in the DOC zone of Colli Orientali di Friuli.

Ramazotti ®

[Italian]

A brand name of a patent bitter liqueur.

rambasici

/RAHM-bah-SEE-chee/
[Italian]

A dish from Friuli of Savoy cabbage leaves stuffed with minced meat and rolled up. Said to have been introduced to Dalmatia by the Arambaš, the leaders of the Adjuki, the mountain tribes who warred against the Turks.

ramboutan

/rahm-boo-TAHN/
[Italian]

Rambutan. Related to the lychee with similar slippery, juicy white flesh around a black stone. It has stiff skin covered with hard, but not sharp red and yellow spikes, all of which is easy to remove. It is said that seeds in the wild only germinate when they have passed through a monkey's gut.