fumet

Etymology

From the French fumet (“aroma”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). Doublet of fumetto.

noun

  1. A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
  2. A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.
  3. The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae.“The next thing to be considered, is the Fumishing ; and this is to be judged of in April or May. If the Fumets be great, large and thick, they signify the Hart to be old.”