gastrique

A gastrique is a vinegar–sugar mixture that is heated until it is reduced to a syrup.

The Skinnygirl Dish BETHENNY FRANKEL 2010

A gastrique is a vinegar–sugar mixture that is heated until it is reduced to a syrup.

The Skinnygirl Dish BETHENNY FRANKEL 2010

Or they'll use a flavor-intense shrub reduction called a gastrique, as does Lynn House, the mixologist at the Blackbird restaurant in Chicago, who uses an apple cider vinegar gastrique in her Cognac-based Oz cocktail.

NYT > Home Page By ROBERT SIMONSON 2011

This gastrique, which is just a lavish term for a syrupy reduction, does take some time to cook down, so this is where I steered my attention right off the bat.

Culinary in the Desert 2009

If you've heard about a "gastrique" served with a dish, it's basically a syrup of boiled vinegar and sugar.

unknown title 2009

If you've heard about a "gastrique" served with a dish, it's basically a syrup of boiled vinegar and sugar.

unknown title 2009

If you've heard about a "gastrique" served with a dish, it's basically a syrup of boiled vinegar and sugar.

unknown title 2009

Duck breast with pear-basalmic gastrique (aka Awesome Sauce), served over couscous with chopped pears

2/7/09: Iron Chef Pear Battle stevengould 2009

We had a lot of fun playing with food, cooking things we'd never even heard of before (Beth's dad is a chef and told us how to prepare a gastrique), and both meals came out fabulous.

2/7/09: Iron Chef Pear Battle stevengould 2009

The chef's table can also be done with scallop crudo and kimchi gastrique, beet gnocchi in a butternut squash sauce, and, for dessert, a deconstructed s'more with warm chocolate sauce.

Interactive Hors D'Oeuvres 2012