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passata

British  
/ pəˈsɑːtə /

noun

  1. a sauce made from sieved tomatoes, often used in Italian cookery

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of passata

Italian

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The two sisters, who live in suburban Melbourne, are passionate champions of passata day, an inheritance from their parents, Giuseppe and Annina Luciani, who arrived in Australia from southern Italy in the 1950s.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

But they pushed the date back because flooding in the state of Victoria, where Melbourne is the capital, had delayed the widespread availability of Roma tomatoes, the long, small variety favored in Australia for passata.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

Its base is a version of a Ghanaian passata, a tomato sauce that is also used as a seasoning element in recipes throughout her book.

From Washington Post Jan. 19, 2023

Then play around: Make a béchamel base with low-moisture mozzarella, provolone, oregano, and cooked-down passata for a piz-fflé!

From Salon Sep. 6, 2021

He claimed it was homemade, dishing out wisecracks about passata as he danced about the tent, but it’s actually vintage Kenzo, making it the coolest shirt.

From The Guardian Dec. 23, 2017

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