ragout

/ræˈgu/

Other forms: ragouts

A ragout is a savory dish with chunks of meat and vegetables cooked together into a stew. An authentic ragout is cooked very slowly at a low heat.

A ragout is essentially the same as a stew, except that most recipes for ragout are originally French, and often the meat and vegetables are cut into smaller pieces than in a typical stew. Ragouts vary in flavor and ingredients — you can skip the meat and make a vegetarian ragout, for example. In French, it's ragoût, from the Middle French ragoûter, "awaken the appetite," which has the root goût, or "taste."

Definitions of ragout

1. noun

   well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables
   types:

   salmi

   ragout of game in a rich sauce

   type of:

   stew

   food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables