Definition

1. 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

1. brown sauce and tomato puree with onions and mushrooms and dry white wine