noun
- concentrated stocks made by simmering fish bones, vegetables, and seasonings, used as a base for sauces and soups
Usage: culinary
Examples
- The chef prepared several fumets to use throughout the week.
- Fish fumets require careful straining to remove all bone fragments.
- The restaurant’s signature sauce was built on a rich fumet base.
- She learned to make fumets during her culinary training.
- The fumets simmered for hours to extract maximum flavor.
- Quality fumets are essential for professional French cooking.