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agrodolce

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/ ˌæɡrəʊˈdɒltʃɪ /

noun

  1. an Italian sweet-and-sour sauce, made with onions, garlic, red wine vinegar, sugar, and raisins

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Etymology

Origin of agrodolce

C21: from Italian

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Sweet and sour in Italian cooking, or agrodolce, has roots that predate the Romans, but credit Sicily- and the North African influence on their cuisine - with keeping it alive.

From Washington Times Dec. 7, 2023

Once the squash is nearly cooked, we finish it with the agrodolce mixture so it takes on a glaze-like luster in the oven.

From Washington Times Dec. 7, 2023

One wintry afternoon, I ruminated over the dry-aged pork chop whose sweetness, I was convinced, couldn’t be attributed wholly to its agrodolce sauce.

From Washington Post Jan. 17, 2023

It was a quirky, lovable and wholly impractical restaurant, speaking a new language: skate wing Francese, Manischewitz agrodolce, old-school Italian rainbow cookies made shockingly delicious with a marzipan dough.

From New York Times Nov. 1, 2022

They call it agrodolce, I believe, and the Germans make a soup with beer.

From A Top-Floor Idyl by George Van Schaick

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