Ragù

In Italian cuisine, ragù (Italian:; from French ragoût) is a meat sauce commonly served with pasta. An Italian gastronomic society, Accademia Italiana della Cucina, has documented several ragù recipes. The recipes' common characteristics are the presence of meat and the fact that all are sauces for pasta. The most typical is ragù alla bolognese (Bolognese sauce). Other types include ragù alla napoletana (Neapolitan ragù), ragù di salsiccia, ragù alla barese (ragù from Bari, sometimes made with horse meat), and ragù d'anatra (a traditionally tomatoless duck ragù, from Veneto).