Noun: mirepoix
| Singular | mirepoix |
| Plural | mirepoix |
Sample Sentences
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The Mirepoix is from this moment complete. [1877, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Kettner's Book of the Table:]
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Trim off superfluous fat, rub over the outside of the meat with salt and flour, and set it upon the mirepoix. [1910, American Cookery, volume 14:]
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Classic seasoning combinations include mirepoix, matignon, marinades, oignon piqué, and oignon brûlé. [2011, Modern Batch Cookery, The Culinary Institute of America, page 34:]
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Most European cultures use a patiently chopped, heated and stirred vegetable mixture, such as a mirepoix or soffritto, always including members of the onion family, and Pollan explores the chemistry of these, as well as their adaptive value. [2013 May 22, Paul Levy, “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review”, in The Guardian:]
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To this mirepoix of contradictory news, add another Pew survey from earlier this month, which found that 54 percent of respondents said they believe that Americans are seeking out more-healthy food than they did 20 years ago—even though they are eating less healthfully than they did in that same timeframe. [2016 December, Adam Chandler, “What If Consumers Just Want to Buy Junk Food?”, in The Atlantic:]
Nouns inflected like mirepoix
Eldar,
Inuit,
mirepoix,
ml,
xu,
oppai,
Jedi,
Thao,
Sith,
Portuguese,
Etymology
Borrowed from French mirepoix, named after Gaston de Lévis, duc de Mirepoix (1699–1757). See: French Nouns '
mirepoix'.