agristada

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Definitions

  • n. A tart sauce, traditionally made with egg yolks and lemon juice (or verjuice), used to thicken and flavor meat, fish, or vegetables.

Example Sentences

  • "For an evening meal, a paniziko complements a meal of keftes (meat or vegetable patties) or fried fish with agristada (lemon sauce), perfect for ountaring (mopping or scooping up sauce)." (Sephardic Heritage Cookbook: Ottoman, Persian, Moroccan, Egyptian Recipes and More by Sephardic Temple Or Chadash Sisterhood)

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • agristada

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

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