Bordelaise sauce

English

Etymology

Partial calque of French sauce bordelaise (literally “sauce of Bordeaux”).

Noun

Bordelaise sauce (usually uncountable, plural Bordelaise sauces)

1. A French sauce made with dry red wine, bone marrow, butter, shallots, and demiglace, and traditionally served with beef.

   Synonym: bordelaise

   Coordinate term: marchand de vin