[bl7045]

Its in a recipe I'm making


Thanks

[curlybenswife]

Au sec translated is to almost dry in other words reduce the liquid right down

[culinarystudent]

That's not entirely true, it means to reduce stock/liquid to 1/4 original volume

[CarbonCopy]

No, it literally means "just dry."

You reduce the liquid until it is just about to go dry in the pan, but before it starts to burn.

Reducing to 1/4 of the original volume is a standard reduction process, not an Au Sec reduction. This is a very specific distinction to the 1/4 rule of a standard reduction.

Whoever told "culinarystudent" it was to 1/4 of the original volume would have failed at my school.