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Duxelles

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, duxelles means: A mixture of finely chopped mushrooms cooked with ingredients such as shallots and butter.

In Turkish: ince kıyılmış pişmiş mantar karışımı, düksel

How it is used

Used in fillings and savoury pastry; the mushroom mixture is cooked down.

Example sentences

  1. Spread the duxelles over the pastry before adding the beef.

    The concentrated mushroom mixture forms a filling layer.

  2. The duxelles was too wet for the small pastry cases.

    Moisture affects how the prepared mushrooms work as a filling.

Common collocations

  • mushroom duxelles
  • duxelles filling
  • minceTo cut or grind food into very small pieces, finer than chopping. In British English, mince as a noun also means minced meat.
  • pastry chefA chef who specialises in desserts, pastries, breads and other baked goods and usually runs the pastry section of a kitchen. Also called a pâtissier.

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