Bercy butter
- noun
- Specialized
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- The chef prepared Bercy butter by mixing shallots and parsley into softened butter with a splash of white wine.
Examples
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He topped the grilled steak with a generous dollop of Bercy butter for extra flavor.
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You can store Bercy butter in the refrigerator for several days and use it to enhance fish dishes.
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The chef prepared Bercy butter for the grilled fish.
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Have you ever tasted Bercy butter with steak?
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He topped the grilled steak with a generous dollop of Bercy butter for extra flavor.
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The chef prepared Bercy butter by mixing shallots and parsley into softened butter with a splash of white wine.
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You can store Bercy butter in the refrigerator for several days and use it to enhance fish dishes.
Synonyms
A sauce made of butter, white wine, shallots and parsley served with meat or fish
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Morphology
The head 'butter' makes it clear this is a butter-based preparation, but 'Bercy' is a culinary eponym/place-name that does not transparently convey the specific ingredients (white wine, shallots, parsley). A learner who knows both constituents can infer it's a butter in the Bercy style but not the exact composition, so the phrase is partially but not fully transparent.
Etymology
Bercy butter is a flavored butter named after Bercy, a part of Paris long linked to wine and local food markets. Cooks mixed white wine, chopped shallots and parsley into softened butter, so the image of wine-flavored butter explains why it means 'a butter sauce for grilled meats and fish'.