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One of the most popular and beloved recipes in Italy, ragù is a sauce made from tomatoes and ground or chopped meat, which is cooked for a long time. It is normally made with tomato sauce, celery, onions and carrots, ground beef and/or pork, some white wine and aromatic herbs like basil and bay leaf.

Ragoût is a seasoned meat stew that was brought to Italy by Napoleonic soldiers in 1796. Pronounced “raˈgoo”, nowadays ragù is a general term that refers to any (traditionally) meat sauce that is cooked over low heat for a long period of time.

From the first jar made in Assunta and Giovanni's kitchen in 1937 to the one in your pantry, RAGÚ Sauce has been helping everyone cook like a mother for over 80 years.

The name itself actually comes from France, where ragout refers to any stewed dish containing diced meat, fish, or vegetables. It isn't clear when the term arrived in Italy, but ragù was well known to aristocrats from the Renaissance onwards, generally as a second course, and only later used to enhance pasta.

ra-ˈgü rä- plural ragùs also ragus. : a hearty, seasoned Italian sauce of meat and tomatoes that is used chiefly in pasta dishes and that is typically made with ground beef, tomatoes, and finely chopped onions, celery, and carrots.

Bolognese sauce (UK: /ˌbɒləˈneɪz, -ˈnɛz/, US: /ˌboʊlənˈjeɪz, -ˈniz/; known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese, pronounced [raˈɡu alla boloɲˈɲeːze, -eːse], ragù bolognese, or simply ragù) is a meat-based sauce in Italian cuisine, typical of the city of Bologna.

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In southern Italian regions, ragù is often prepared from substantial quantities of large, whole cuts of beef and pork, and sometimes regional sausages, cooked with vegetables and tomatoes. After a long braise (or simmer), the meats are removed and may be served as a separate course without pasta.

nounItalian. a rich, slow-cooked sauce for pasta consisting primarily of meat: a sausage and tomato ragù.

Ragù is Italian and defined as a meat-based sauce made to serve with pasta. The meat can be beef, pork, chicken, or lamb. Sometimes it's ground or minced; other times larger pieces of meat are used. Most of us are at least familiar with Sauce Bolognese, a classic tomato-based Ragù usually made with ground beef.

Did you know that every single jar of the popular pasta sauce brand RAGÚ in the nation is made in Owensboro? Mizkan acquired RAGÚ in 2014, and the RAGÚ sauce-making and distribution facility is located in Owensboro.