Meaning & use
Brunoise
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A culinary technique of cutting vegetables or other food into very small, uniform cubes, typically about one to three millimeters.
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The chef prepared a carrot brunoise to garnish the consommé.
She diced the onions into a fine brunoise before adding them to the sauce.
A note on using this word
Brunoise is a French culinary term borrowed directly into English kitchen vocabulary; it can also function as a verb meaning to cut food this way.
Words with a similar meaning
fine dice
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To cut food into very small, uniform cubes.
Brunoise the celery finely before adding it to the stock.
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