Duxelles

Duxelles

Duxelles is a finely chopped (minced) mixture of mushrooms or mushroom stems, onions, shallots and herbs sautéed in butter, and reduced to a paste (sometimes cream is used, as well). It is a basic preparation used in stuffings and sauces (notably, beef Wellington) or as a garnish. Duxelles can also be filled into a pocket of raw pastry and baked as a savory tart (similar to a hand-held pie).

Duxelles is made with any cultivated or wild mushroom, depending on the recipe. Duxelles made with wild porcini mushrooms will be much stronger flavored than that made with white or brown mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms are usually used; however, reconstituted dried varieties are used, as well.

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, maréchal de France.


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  • duxelles — [do͞ok sel′] n. a seasoned mixture of finely chopped mushrooms and shallots, sautéed and used as a garnish * * * …   Universalium

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  • duxelles — noun Etymology: Louis Chalon du Blé, Marquis d Uxelles died 1658 French nobleman Date: 1877 a garnish or stuffing made especially of finely chopped sautéed mushrooms …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • duxelles — noun A finely chopped mixture of mushrooms, onions, shallots and herbs sautéed in butter and reduced to a paste, used in stuffings and sauces (as in beef Wellington) or as a garnish …   Wiktionary

  • duxelles — n. mixture of herbs and finely minced mushrooms and shallots sauteed in butter then cooked and mixed with cream until it becomes a thick paste (used to flavor sauces and soups or as garnish) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • duxelles — [ dʌks(ə)lz, dʊk sɛl] noun a stuffing made from chopped mushrooms, onions, shallots, and parsley. Origin named after the Marquis d Uxelles, a 17th cent. French nobleman …   English new terms dictionary

  • duxelles — dux·elles …   English syllables

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