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demi-glace

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[dem-ee-glas] / ˈdɛm iˌglæs /

noun

  • demi-glaces
    plural
  1. French Cooking. brown sauce with stock that has been further reduced or concentrated.


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Burgundy wine, beef demi-glace, sage and thyme complement the sweetness of the onions in this rich gravy.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 15, 2025

Your final result should have a rich mouthfeel, deeper flavor, should make a super-rich demi-glace once reduced and not just aimlessly cook off into nothingness.

From Salon Mar. 22, 2024

He followed it with a chicken “thigh” dish — darker meat served on a bed of potato puree with a mushroom-vegetable demi-glace, golden beets and tiny purple cauliflower florets.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2023

Black plastic gloves accompany the spectacle, amenities that allow recipients to tackle the dish, served with rich veal demi-glace, however they want with a minimum of mess — at least on themselves.

From Washington Post Dec. 2, 2022

The kitchen is where I learned the only foreign language I speak: brunoise, pâte feuilletée, and demi-glace were among the first French words I knew, and they retain an incantatory power.

From The New Yorker Nov. 18, 2019

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