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Mirepoix

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounCommon term

In culinary arts & cooking, mirepoix means: A mixture of chopped aromatic vegetables, commonly onion, carrot and celery, used as a flavour base.

In Turkish: aromatik sebze karışımı, mirpua

How it is used

Names the vegetable combination, not a single prescribed knife cut.

Example sentences

  1. The stock began with bones and a mirepoix.

    The vegetables contribute a background flavour to the liquid.

  2. She cut the mirepoix smaller for the quicker sauce.

    The size can change while the mixture retains its name.

Common collocations

  • vegetable mirepoix
  • prepare a mirepoix
  • stockA flavoured liquid made by simmering bones, vegetables and aromatics in water for a long time, used as the base for soups, sauces and braises.
  • chopTo cut food into pieces with a knife, usually quickly and without needing every piece to be exactly the same size.

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