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What does duxelles mean?

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Noun
  1. A finely chopped mixture of mushrooms, onions, shallots and herbs sautéed in butter and reduced to a paste, used in stuffings and sauces (as in beef Wellington) or as a garnish.
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The last time I made duxelles, it was for a beef Wellington, which is essentially like a turnover, but formed into a long log to accommodate the long beef fillet rolled into the middle.
He removes a circle from the middle, replaces it with crisp endive, then uses it as a lid over succulent slices of rabbit, stuffed with mushroom duxelles and its own kidney.
Divide the duxelles among the pastry squares and place the steaks on top.
At 5 Napkin Burger, another joint unapologetically devoted to meat, you'll find a veggie option that derives a loamy richness from mushroom duxelles while getting its ballast from sunflower seeds, wheatberries and brown rice.
We started with the pigeon pie, which the chef Arnaud Vaumerel constructed like a beef Wellington — the meat coated with foie gras and a duxelles of porcini mushrooms before it is wrapped in puff pastry and baked.
Escargots are baked in Pernod, butter, fennel, and duxelles of mushrooms.

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