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demi-glace

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a rich brown sauce made from beef stock that is cooked slowly with wine until reduced to half its original volume: it is served with meat or used as a base for other sauces

Origin of demi-glace

Fr, literally , half-glaze

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demi-glace

noun

A rich, reduced brown sauce usually seasoned with wine and used as a base for other sauces.

Origin of demi-glace

French demi- demi- ( from demi half ) ( from Old French; see demi- . ) glace glaze, heavily reduced sauce ( from Old French ice ; see glacier . )

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Noun

(plural demi-glaces)

  1. Alternative spelling of demiglace.
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