Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rich, reduced brown sauce usually seasoned with wine and used as a base for other sauces.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
demiglace .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here it is browned on all sides, then braised in an old-fashioned French brown sauce called demi-glace.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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Here it is browned on all sides, then braised in an old-fashioned French brown sauce called demi-glace.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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Here it is browned on all sides, then braised in an old-fashioned French brown sauce called demi-glace.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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But to make a splendid sauce, a good cook goes on to add the basic brown mother sauce called demi-glace (sometimes called espagnole) with a flavoring, as in this chapter’s Fillet of Beef Braised with Mushrooms (page 246).
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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But to make a splendid sauce, a good cook goes on to add the basic brown mother sauce called demi-glace (sometimes called espagnole) with a flavoring, as in this chapter’s Fillet of Beef Braised with Mushrooms (page 246).
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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But to make a splendid sauce, a good cook goes on to add the basic brown mother sauce called demi-glace (sometimes called espagnole) with a flavoring, as in this chapter’s Fillet of Beef Braised with Mushrooms (page 246).
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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But not a one requires that you flash-sauté or prepare a demi-glace or — for the love of jerky — wet-roast a squab.
Four Campfire Cooking Techniques for Hunters and Fishermen 2009
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In the entree section, you can depend on something along the lines of a rack and loin of Colorado lamb with a cherry demi-glace and truffled mashed potatoes, and a peppercorn-encrusted Ahi tuna with wonton crisps and wasabi mashed potatoes.
Elizabeth Gunnison: Plea From A Foodie Ski Bum: Better Restaurants in Vail, Please Elizabeth Gunnison 2011
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In the entree section, you can depend on something along the lines of a rack and loin of Colorado lamb with a cherry demi-glace and truffled mashed potatoes, and a peppercorn-encrusted Ahi tuna with wonton crisps and wasabi mashed potatoes.
Elizabeth Gunnison: Plea From A Foodie Ski Bum: Better Restaurants in Vail, Please Elizabeth Gunnison 2011
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At Beast, she said, pigeon breast would stand in for chicken and the stuffing would consist of herbs, breadcrumbs and demi-glace.
hernesheir commented on the word demi-glace
(n): (French cuisine) a rich brown sauce, made from a combination of equal parts veal stock and sauce espagnole, one of the five mother sauces of French cuisine.
Vaiants of demi-glace, named from the type of stock combined with the sauce espagnole, include beef or chicken demi-glace.
January 4, 2009