ragù

[rah-goo, ra-goo]

noun

Italian.

1. a rich, slow-cooked sauce for pasta consisting primarily of meat.

   a sausage and tomato ragù.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ragù¹

1955–60; < Italian, from French ragoût ragout ( def. )

Example Sentences

Tucci watches with equal parts reverence and amusement as Lucia builds the showstopper: layers of crespelle, ragù, tiny meatballs and cheese, each crepe brushed with egg wash so it soufflés ever so slightly in the oven.

From Salon

At the center of that deliriously hopeful dinner is the aforementioned timpano: a hulking, drum-shaped marvel filled with layers of pasta, meatballs, salami, hard-boiled eggs, cheese and ragù.

From Salon

The version I remember best comes from West Virginia, where my grandmother — daughter of a coal miner, master of the frugal feast — made hers with snapped spaghetti, ground chuck and a generous pour of Ragu.

From Salon

Ragu Sivapalan, 39, from Penylan, Cardiff has been charged with false accounting between 2013 and 2016.

From BBC

If you say, “Ken, your mom is so fat her blood type is Ragú,” my mom, God rest her, can’t sue over that, because everyone understands this is an insult, not something that’s literally true.

From Los Angeles Times