Name: Sugo finto (Meat-flavored tomato sauce)
Yield: Makes enough sauce for 1 pound (450 g) pasta
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: leaves from 1 small bunch flat-leaf parsley; 1¾ ounces (50 g) lardo or prosciutto fat; 1 white onion; 1 celery rib; scant 1 cup (200 ml) vegetable or meat broth; pepper; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; salt

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

About

Literally “bogus sauce,” sugo finto, a typical condiment lor paste asciutte, was long used by poor people who could not afford costly meat. The ingredients simulated the taste of a true meat sauce. Today it is considered an essential element of the cucina romana.

Ingredients

1 white onion
1 celery rib
leaves from 1 small bunch

Method

Chop together finely the onion, celery, and parsley leaves. Chop the lardo.

Put the lardo in a pan and heat over low heat until it melts. Add the onion mixture and continue to cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Meanwhile, heat the broth in a pot, and dissolve the tomato paste in the hot broth. When the onion is almost translucent, pour the brot

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