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As I watch Derek expertly finely dice the mushrooms then cook them off, add cream and season to make a sauce called a duxelle, I ask him if cooking up a bag of random ingredients was anything like Masterchef.
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Brush all over with egg, and then spread with the cream duxelle mixture.
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Moroccan lamb meatballs, halibut and shrimp cakes with romesco, brioche panini with fontina and truffle oil, roasted pepper and Serrano ham, fried risotto balls, tuna tartare with chermoula on toast, fried polenta with mushroom duxelle.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Like Simon and Lindsey, she uses a chopped shallot in her duxelle, which gives a pleasant sweetness – Delia opts for an onion instead, which provokes a storm of protest amongst the panel.
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Moroccan lamb meatballs, halibut and shrimp cakes with romesco, brioche panini with fontina and truffle oil, roasted pepper and Serrano ham, fried risotto balls, tuna tartare with chermoula on toast, fried polenta with mushroom duxelle.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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The basic one, across all the restaurants, calls for mushroom duxelle and at least seven local, seasonal vegetables.
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To these, I would add 8 ounces of fresh button mushrooms, minced finely – as if I were making duxelle.
Tigers & Strawberries » Winter Returns, and Comfort Food Rules Supreme 2005
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Make a mushromm duxelle by cooking mushrooms in butter until they are dry add some pinon nuts add cream salt white pepper and cilantro if you like.
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Tres Croquetas Cremosas: Jamón, Pollo y Setas Three creamy croquettes: Serrano ham, chicken and mushrooms: the chicken had an aroma of fennel seeds, almost like Italian sweet sausage, the mushroom was the flavor of a good duxelle, and the ham was more about the creaminess of whipped potato, each on a complimentary sauce.
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Tres Croquetas Cremosas: Jamón, Pollo y Setas Three creamy croquettes: Serrano ham, chicken and mushrooms: the chicken had an aroma of fennel seeds, almost like Italian sweet sausage, the mushroom was the flavor of a good duxelle, and the ham was more about the creaminess of whipped potato, each on a complimentary sauce.
Augieland: 2006
bilby commented on the word duxelle
A mix of mushrooms and herbs used as a flavour element in sauces, stuffings, etc or as a garnish.
Duxelles is said to have been created by the 17th-century French chef François Pierre La Varenne (1615–1678) and to have been named after his employer, Nicolas Chalon du Blé, marquis d'Uxelles
I only came across this word because I'm a raging vegan and hence I read restaurants' descriptions of their dishes far, far too closely!
November 21, 2007