Definitions

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  • noun cooking A brown sauce, having ingredients that include dry red wine and bone marrow

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  • noun brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine

Etymologies

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From the French Bordelaise ("from Bordeaux")

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Examples

  • The beef patties there weigh in at 10 oz., and Ray offers them with foie gras, bordelaise sauce and white truffle oil if you prefer.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • Along with the filets, New York strips and prime ribeyes ($37-$42), meaty options include a popular veal meatloaf with mashed potatoes, wild mushrooms and bordelaise sauce ($24).

    Steakhouse Sibling Monica Williams 2011

  • But it's hard not to love a well-cooked hanger steak ($17), left medium-rare and swimming in a dry bordelaise.

    Ed Levine: A Rye We Hope Will Improve With Age 2009

  • I mean, I certainly didn't think I'd be spending tonight sharing a dining room with the fish guy, the insurance guy, and some hipster swilling Tecate from a can with his flatiron steak with bordelaise and sweetbreads.

    Archive 2008-06-01 tannaz 2008

  • I mean, I certainly didn't think I'd be spending tonight sharing a dining room with the fish guy, the insurance guy, and some hipster swilling Tecate from a can with his flatiron steak with bordelaise and sweetbreads.

    animal. soft opening. i was there. tannaz 2008

  • There were many things on the menu that I tried for the first time here including bone marrow sauce sauce bordelaise and a sinfully decadent chocolate fondant dessert.

    At My Table 2007

  • There were many things on the menu that I tried for the first time here including bone marrow sauce sauce bordelaise and a sinfully decadent chocolate fondant dessert.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • He then went on to explain that bordelaise grapes have a long history in Chile, even to some extent longer than Bordeaux because parts of Chile were spared devastation by phyloxera around the turn of the last century.

    Augieland: 2006

  • From Entrées, I had the HALIBUT "T-BONE" STEAK, lobster dumplings and lobster bordelaise.

    Augieland: 2006

  • The bordelaise was quite nice, tasting more of brandy than red wine, but the lobster aroma was deep and permeating.

    Augieland: 2006

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