Meanings
nounBordelaise sauce (usually uncountable, plural Bordelaise sauces)
plural Bordelaise sauces
- uncountableusuallyA French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.
Synonyms: bordelaise
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.
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Origin
Partial calque of French sauce bordelaise (literally “sauce of Bordeaux”).
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