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Mirepoix is a long-standing part of French cuisine and is the flavor base for a wide variety of dishes, including stocks, soups, stews, and sauces. When the mirepoix is not precooked, the constituent vegetables may be cut to a larger size, depending on the overall cooking time for the dish.
Sweating is often a preliminary step to further cooking in liquid; [1] onions, in particular, are often sweated before including in a stew. [ a ] This differs from sautéing in that sweating is done over a much lower heat, [ 2 ] sometimes with salt added to help draw moisture away, and making sure that little or no browning takes place.
Mirepoix is a long-standing part of French cuisine and is the flavor base for a wide variety of dishes, including stocks, soups, stews, and sauces. When the mirepoix is not precooked, the constituent vegetables may be cut to a larger size, depending on the overall cooking time for the dish.
The holy trinity is the Cajun and Louisiana Creole variant of mirepoix; traditional mirepoix is two parts onions, one part carrots, and one part celery, whereas the holy trinity is typically one or two parts onions, one part green bell pepper, and one part celery. [2]
Ingredients. 1 large shallot, coarsely chopped. 6 garlic cloves, quartered. 3 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary or 1 tablespoon dried rosemary. 2 tablespoons minced fresh oregano or 2 teaspoons ...
Many cooks and food writers use the terms broth and stock interchangeably. [3] [4] [5] In 1974, James Beard (an American cook) wrote that stock, broth, and bouillon "are all the same thing". [6] While many draw a distinction between stock and broth, the details of the distinction often differ.
Matignon is a combination of evenly diced vegetables, usually onion (and/or leek), celery, and carrot, with thyme and bay leaf, sautéed in butter over a low flame until softened and translucent ("melted" but not browned), seasoned to taste with a pinch of salt (and a pinch of sugar, if needed), and finished with a dash of white wine or Madeira. [2]
Genevoise sauce or Geneva sauce is a type of French brown sauce made from fish fumet, mirepoix, red wine, and butter, usually accompanying fatty fishes such as trout and salmon. [1] Some versions use white wine instead of red wine.