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rosé sauce

A distinctly Canadian comfort-food staple: a creamy tomato sauce made by combining tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes with heavy cream to create a rich, coral-colored pasta sauce.

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#1·Apr 28, 2026

A distinctly Canadian comfort-food staple: a creamy tomato sauce made by combining tomato sauce or crushed tomatoes with heavy cream to create a rich, coral-colored pasta sauce. Common in Quebec and Eastern Canadian Italian-Canadian cuisine, rosé sauce appears on pasta menus across the country and is the go-to for dishes like penne à la vodka minus the vodka. Lush, crowd-pleasing, and unambiguously delicious.

She ordered the penne in rosé sauce and immediately regretted not getting a second serving.
Origin: The name references the pink 'rosé' color that results from mixing red tomato with white cream; the preparation is strongly associated with Italian-Canadian cooking traditions in Quebec. Editorial expansion authored on Slangora.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(Canada) A kind of tomato sauce made with cream.

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