hunter's sauce
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Definition
- Noun:
- A culinary sauce: "hunter's sauce" is a specific type of savory sauce used in cooking. It is a compound noun referring to a finished sauce made from a combination of ingredients including brown sauce, tomato puree, onions, mushrooms, and dry white wine. It is typically associated with dishes of hunter-style preparation (à la chasseur).
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The chef prepared the chicken with a rich hunter's sauce.
- The recipe for hunter's sauce requires reducing the wine with the mushrooms.
Advanced Usage
- As a defining component: The term is used to classify a dish's style.
- The menu featured veal cutlets in hunter's sauce.
Variants and Related Words
- Sauce chasseur: This is the French term from which "hunter's sauce" is derived, meaning "hunter-style sauce".
- Brown sauce: A base sauce often used in making hunter's sauce.
- À la chasseur: A French culinary phrase meaning "in the hunter's style", often implying the use of this sauce or similar ingredients like mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and wine.
Synonyms
- Sauce chasseur: The direct French synonym.
- Hunter-style sauce: A descriptive English synonym.
Notes on Meaning
- The term "hunter's sauce" is a fixed culinary compound. It does not refer to a sauce a hunter, but to a specific recipe with a historical association with game cooking. The definition provided is its primary and essentially only meaning in modern English usage.
Noun
- brown sauce and tomato puree with onions and mushrooms and dry white wine