Sauce bourguignonne Sauce bourguignonne Sauce bourguignonne , Bourguignonne sauce, is a French sauce with a base of red wine with onions or shallots, a "bouquet garni "(parsley, thyme and bay leaf), reduced, strained, and mixed with some espagnole sauce. Just before serving it is mounted with butter and seasoned lightly with cayenne pepper. Like all red wine sauces, it may have some mushrooms added during cooking to enrich the flavour. When the sauce is used to accompany sautéed meat or poultry, it is made directly in the sauté pan in which these items were cooked. The onions or shallots are sautéed in
Harissa (dish) Harissa (dish) Harissa () is an Armenian dish from the Ararat plain. It is a thick porridge made from "korkot" (dried or roasted cracked wheat) and fat-rich meat, usually chicken or lamb. Herbs were substituted for meat in "harissa" when Armenian religious days required fasting and penance. The extremely long cooking process is an essential part of the "harissa" tradition. Like other ritual dishes, the time taken for preparation is part of its cherished value. Harissa came from the word Harees () is derived from the verb () which means to mash or to squash. The dish has been passed