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daube

American  
[dohb] / doʊb /

noun

  1. a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.

  2. the pot or casserole in which such a stew is cooked.


daube British  
/ dəʊb /

noun

  1. a braised meat stew

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of daube

1715–25; < French (spelling by association with dauber to daub ) < Italian dobba < Catalan ( a la ) adoba stewed, derivative of adobar to spice, originally to prepare, arrange, ultimately < Germanic *dubban to strike; see dub 1


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Many traditional stews are built without it: a Central American jocón, a West African mafe and a Provençal daube all skip browning and rely on other ingredients to deepen their flavors.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024

Mr. Filippi and his students then cooked up beef daube, quail, tuna and lemon confit and other foods that accompanied French astronauts on subsequent missions to Mir in the 1990s.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2021

Buy the ingredients at the market in the morning and have the daube the same day for lunch or dinner.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2018

The next owner won’t have to work hard to imagine the Childs’ life there, as Julia’s kitchen remains largely intact since the last meal she cooked there, a typically Provençale boeuf en daube, in 1992.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2015

Stewed beef is called also daube or braised beef, but it is the same.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Pierre Blot

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