deglazing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of deglaze

noun

1. (plural-normally)A piece of deglazed food from a pan.
2. The process by which a pan is deglazed.

   “The pan overheated, the heat was too high, the heat was too low, the onions refused to caramelize or burned immediately and stuck; […] and inevitably the meat got tough and stringy, the sauce lost its complexity in the repeated dilutions and deglazings […]”