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Definition of Mirepoix
1. Noun. A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mirepoix
1. a sauteed mixture of diced vegetables [n MIREPOIX]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mirepoix
Literary usage of Mirepoix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"mirepoix was severely judged by his contemporaries, even in France, and there
was for a moment some thought of reinforcing him by a colleague. ..."
2. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole, Peter Cunningham (1891)
"Madame, vous n'avez pas tant de rouge aujourd'hui: la premiere fois que vous etes
venue ici, vous aviez uno quantite horrible." This the mirepoix herself ..."
3. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford by Horace Walpole (1857)
"Madame, vous n'avez pas tant de rouge aujourd'hui : la première fois que vous
êtes venue ici, vous aviez une quantité horrible." This the mirepoix herself ..."
4. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1830)
"Conversation of the marechale de mirepoix with the comtess* du Barri on court
friendship—Intrigues of madame de Beam—Preconcerted meeting with madame de ..."
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