Definition of "gastrique" [gastrique]

• A syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar (noun)

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• "A gastrique is a vinegar–sugar mixture that is heated until it is reduced to a syrup."
• "Or they'll use a flavor-intense shrub reduction called a gastrique, as does Lynn House, the mixologist at the Blackbird restaurant in Chicago, who uses an apple cider vinegar gastrique in her Cognac-based Oz cocktail."
• "This gastrique, which is just a lavish term for a syrupy reduction, does take some time to cook down, so this is where I steered my attention right off the bat."