Italy

Beef stew with potatoes, carrots, and aromatics.

Spezzatino is an Italian stew made typically with beef and potatoes. The dish is cooked slowly for hours until the meat is tender and the sauce becomes a scrumptious gravy. The word spezzatino comes from spezzato (broken) making reference to the meat cut in small cubes. It is a hearty dish that can be find all over the country. Spezzatino can be made with various types of meat, like veal, lamb and pork. But beef is the most used meat. There are a few ways for making Spezzatino and every Italian house have their own version. Some use a little bit of tomato, some others adds other types of root vegetables like carrots. Spezzatino is the perfect dish to be enjoyed in the coldest months of the year.