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bourguignon

bourguignon

2 9.5
A dish of meat slowly cooked in red wine with onions and herbs from Burgundy in France
  • noun
  • /bʊrˈɡɪn.jɒn/
translation icon : bourguignon
  • You don't have to know how to make beef bourguignon.
  • boeuf bourguignon
  • beef bourguignon
  • make bourguignon

Examples

Compounds

A dish of beef cubes cooked in hot oil at the table and dipped in rich sauces

A sauce made with red wine, onions, herbs and butter, often served with beef

How Rich

hearty stew
1 2.7
bourguignon
2 9.5
stew
110 1.0
soup
63 1.0
broth
76 1.0

Surface Forms

bourguignon singular
bourguignons plural

Etymology

The word bourguignon comes from the French name for the Burgundy region, Bourgogne, and it means 'from Burgundy'. Cooks in Burgundy often slow-cooked meat in red Burgundy wine, so bourguignon became the name for dishes cooked in that style with wine, onions, and herbs.