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| Place of origin | Sephardic Jewish communities |
| Region or state | Sephardic Jewish communities, Israel |
| Serving temperature | hot |
| Main ingredients | Chicken, lamb, beef, brains or fish, potatoes, turmeric, cardamom, garlic, lemon juice. |
Sofrito is Meat (lamb, beef, chicken) sautéed with potatoes, garlic, turmeric, and cardamom and simmered in a small volume of water or stock with lemon juice, or simmered with all these ingredients without prior sautéing. The second method can also be used in cooking veal, calves' brains or fish. It is mostly common to eat it with Chicken although other types of meat are sometimes also used.
It is orginated in Sephardic Jewish communities that were expelled from Spain and was eaten traditionally by them in region such as the Balkans, the ], Turkey, the Maghreb and more.
Today it is widely eaten in Israel regardless of ethnic origin.
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