Brunoise

Quick meaning: Brunoise is a noun meaning A mixture of leeks, celery, carrots and sometimes turnips chopped in this way.

Meaning

A mixture of leeks, celery, carrots and sometimes turnips chopped in this way.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To cut (vegetables) very finely by julienning and then cutting many times at a 90-degree angle to the julienne.
2. (cooking) A very fine dice. A method of cutting vegetables, usually to the dimensions of 2 mm or less, by julienning and then cutting many times at a 90-degree angle to the julienne.

Example Sentences

Grapefruit sorbet with brunoise of citrus fruits.

(Brunoise Soup). — A clear gravy soup with finely minced carrots, turnips, leeks, and onions.

Drain well in a colander. Heat some oil in a pan and sweat the brunoise of vegetables for 5 minutes without letting them colour.

Gerard de Luc had been screaming at her in French, something she didn't understand, and Marguerite, who was aiming (or a perfectly uniform brunoise of carrots, put the knife through her second and third fingertips to the tune of fifteen stitches.

Word Forms

• brunoises
• brunoising
• brunoised

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include julienne, mandolin, shoestring, concasse, blitz, bourride.

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