mousseline
1 Americannoun
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Also called Chantilly sauce. Also called Chantilly. hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.
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any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.
adjective
noun
noun
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a fine fabric made of rayon or silk
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a type of fine glass
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short for mousseline sauce
Etymology
Origin of mousseline
< French: literally, muslin
Example Sentences
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Far fewer restaurants are offering snacks of grilled mussels draped with velvety choron sauce, or starters of poached asparagus with sauce mousseline, items that have the ring of the familiar but are executed with flair.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023
Paris-Brest, praline-flavored mousseline piped inside a ring of pâte à choux, is a showstopping New Year’s dessert.
From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023
The dinner menu offers options ranging from salmon tartare to Braised Artichoke "Noir," served with a poached egg, potato mousseline and brioche croutons.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022
Kreuther serves the sauerkraut in a smoked sturgeon; his sauerkraut tartlet topped with caviar mousseline is in a filo pastry shell and served under a wine glass filled with smoke.
From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2019
It was made from a material which fashion names mousseline de soie one year and something else another.
From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
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