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duxelles

American  
[dook-sel] / dukˈsɛl /

noun

  1. French Cooking. a mixture of mushrooms, shallots, and herbs, finely chopped, sauteed, and cooked into a paste for use as a seasoning or filling.


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Feast on affordable, gourmet dishes like a habanero-flecked patty melt or pork loin stuffed with sauteed kale and cremini mushroom duxelles.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2023

Add a heaping teaspoon of duxelles to each dough shell.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2021

But the result is more of a cross between tomato paste, old-school mushroom duxelles, and hozon, the proprietary, pasty ferment used to supercharge flavor throughout the Momofuku empire.

From Slate Jul. 3, 2018

The earthy nuttiness of the lettuce is a wonderful foil to the subtle flavoring of the sole and richness of the duxelles.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2016

To make his Angus Burgers, Motley first makes duxelles, the classic French mixture of mushrooms, aromatics and seasonings; he uses a blend of creminis and portobellos, plus morels when they are in season.

From Washington Post

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