Demi-glace

Demi-glace (French pronunciation: [dəmi ɡlas], 'half glaze') is a rich brown sauce in French cuisine used by itself or as a base for other sauces. The term comes from the French word glace, which, when used in reference to a sauce, means "icing" or "glaze." It is traditionally made by combining one part espagnole sauce and one part brown stock. The sauce is then reduced by half, strained of any leftover impurities, and finished with a sherry wine.^[1]

Demi-glace

A pork chop with brussels sprouts, a sweet potato purée, and a mushroom demi-glace
Type	Sauce
Place of origin	France
Main ingredients	beef or chicken stock
Variations	demi-glace au bœuf, demi-glace au poulet
Cookbook: Demi-glace   Media: Demi-glace

Common variants of demi-glace use a 1:1 mixture of beef or chicken stock to sauce espagnole; these are referred to as "beef demi-glace" (demi-glace au bœuf) or "chicken demi-glace" (demi-glace au poulet).

Preparation

Demi-glace being reduced

Due to the considerable effort involved in making the traditional demi-glace, chefs commonly substitute a simple jus lié of veal stock or to create a simulated version, which the American cookbook author Julia Child referred to as a "semi-demi-glace" (i.e. sans espagnole sauce).^[2][3]

See also

• Food portal

• Gypsy sauce
• List of sauces
• Meat glaze