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An onion pique (oignon piqué in French) is a traditional French culinary technique where a chef attaches one or more bay leaves to an onion by pushing whole cloves through the leaves into the onion (like thumb tacks). Where would you use an onion pique? Why would you use an onion pique? Post your comment here:10 Responses to “What is an onion pique?” |
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September 17th, 2013 at 12:11 pmolool
June 3rd, 2014 at 1:00 pmcool. thanks…..
June 3rd, 2014 at 1:00 pmI’m pretty sure its Piquette and not Pique.
October 4th, 2014 at 9:28 amHi Doug,
Thanks for commenting! I double checked, and according to the Culinary Institute of America’s “The Professional Chef” (9th ed), it is indeed piqué.
Matthew
October 6th, 2014 at 7:58 amMarxFoods
I’ve bin a chef for a long time and never herd of pique just food garni or sach
June 27th, 2016 at 8:39 pmSo what is an onion cloute?
IMO the onion pique is an onion studded with only cloves and traditionally used in blanquettes. Whereas the onion cloute has the bayleaf impaled by two cloves and is used, primarily, in flavouring the milk for a sauce Béchamel.
September 24th, 2017 at 2:48 pmHi Patrick,
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. The above photo & definition are based on what I was taught in culinary school, but I think you may well be correct about the old definition of the two terms. However, I just double-checked the definition in a pretty definitive culinary school textbook – Wayne Gisslen’s “Professional Cooking” (eighth ed), and he provides the same answer – that the pique includes the bay leaf. Having done some further research online, it looks like a lot of chefs were similarly taught that the pique includes the leaf.
I think it’s likely that the modern definition is morphing, at least in the US.
Still, I think it’s very helpful to have your comment covering the alternate term here as well. Thank you!
Matthew
October 5th, 2017 at 9:12 amMarx Foods
Please update always information
December 14th, 2017 at 9:21 amPlease tell me what is that? But i hear it’s cloute.
December 14th, 2017 at 9:26 am