19 semi glaze recipes

Marchand de vin is a classic New Orleans red wine and demi-glace sauce with sauteed ham, mushrooms, and green onions. Rich, savory, and built for steak or eggs Benedict.

Medallions of beef tenderloin with garlic-tomato demi-glace and fresh tarragon. Restaurant-quality steakhouse dish for one, ready in 30 minutes.

Sauteed veal scallops in a wild mushroom cream sauce with demi-glace, shallots, thyme, and a splash of white wine. Classic French bistro main dish with velvety pan sauce for special occasions.

Herb crusted beef filet with a red wine demi-glace and crispy sweet potato straws. Seared with thyme, oregano, and rosemary then oven roasted for a restaurant-quality dinner at home.

Roasted Rack of Lamb with Black Olive Sauce (Postrio's) recipe

French stuffed duck legs and sliced breast with blueberry gastrique sauce. Duck thighs filled with a veal, pork, and giblet forcemeat, served with seared aiguillettes.

A semi-homemade chocolate date quick bread using date bread mix boosted with cocoa powder, topped with a semisweet chocolate glaze and scattered with walnut and pecan halves. Moist, nutty, and ready in about an hour.

French-style almond macaroons piped from almond paste, filled with rum-spiked chocolate ganache, and dipped in a semisweet chocolate glaze. An elegant three-part cookie.

Intensely chocolatey bundt cake using boxed mix, instant pudding, and chocolate chips. Rich, moist crumb ready in an hour with chocolate glaze drizzle.

A flourless European-style torte made with chestnuts, almonds, and dark rum, filled with chocolate whipped cream, then glazed with apricot preserves and chocolate icing.

Boston cream pie from scratch with a sponge cake split and filled with vanilla custard, topped with a glossy chocolate ganache glaze. The classic American dessert done right with three handmade components.

Semi-homemade marble cake with swirls of cinnamon and melted chocolate, drizzled with a glossy cinnamon-chocolate glaze. Starts with a pound cake mix for easy baking.

Intensely rich chocolate silk mousse cake baked in a water bath with a pound of semi-sweet chocolate and a glossy ganache glaze. Make up to 3 days ahead. Serves 8.

Yeasted chocolate bread made with a honey sponge starter and semi-sweet chocolate rolled jelly-roll style into 8 individual mini loaves. Brushed with egg glaze and best served hot from the oven.

A naturally gluten-free flourless chocolate cake with ground almonds and whipped egg whites, finished with a glossy chocolate-honey glaze. Dense, rich, and intensely chocolatey with a crusty top and silky interior.

This recipe makes double the amout of cake needed, so you'll be able to freeze the extra cake to have on hand when you want to make an encore of these fabulous flavors.