demiglace

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A thick brown sauce made by cooking beef stock with brown sauce until it thickens, served with roast meat

noun
/ˈdɛmɪˌɡlɑs/

: demiglace

The chef added a rich demiglace to enhance the flavor of the roasted meats.

Examples

We also made "demiglace sauce" of a variety that comes in a can in Japan (partner to the generic "white cream sauce" which also comes in similar packaging).

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For a tasty sauce, mix red wine with the demiglace and heat it gently.
He prepared the duck breast with a luscious demiglace made from beef stock.

Synonyms

demi-glace

vsdemiglace

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A rich brown sauce cooks make by boiling meat broth until it is thick, often served with meat like steak

is the plain unhyphenated spelling for the same sauce

demi-glaze

vsdemiglace

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A rich brown French sauce made by slowly reducing beef stock with wine

is the unhyphenated spelling variant of the same sauce

How Rich

glace

Specialized

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demiglace

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Espagnole

Specialized

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gravy

111 1.0

stock

43 1.4

Surface Forms

demiglace singular

demiglaces plural

Etymology

The word demiglace comes from French demi- meaning 'half' and glace meaning 'glaze' or 'ice', and it shares the same root as English glaze. The name helps you remember what it is: the sauce is cooked down until it becomes thick, rich and shiny like a 'half-glaze', so it gives a glossy, deep flavour to meat dishes.