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coulis

American  
[koo-lee] / kuˈli /

noun

  1. a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.


coulis British  
/ ˈkuːliː /

noun

  1. a thin purée of vegetables, fruit, etc, usually served as a sauce surrounding a dish

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Etymology

Origin of coulis

First recorded in 1600–10; from French: literally, “broth, strained juices from a roast,” from Old French couleis “flowing,” from unrecorded Vulgar Latin cōlāticius, ultimately from Latin cōlāre “to strain”; see origin at coulee ( def. )


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The trifle is made with layers of lemon curd and custard, St Clement's jelly, a mandarin coulis, and amaretti biscuits.

From BBC ● May 12, 2022

This bread pudding is swirled with everyone's favorite chocolate-hazelnut spread, a rich custard, and blackberry coulis.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2022

The nose is pretty with orange embers and ripe red raspberry coulis with bright red plum tones.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

The most original marries sponge cake and passionfruit coulis, a confection finished with black sesame seeds and a ring of creme anglaise.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2020

Above my head, a chalkboard sign lists today’s specials: roasted cream of tomato soup with house-made garlic croutons, blackened chili-lime salmon with rice and mango salsa, and double-chocolate lava mudslide with raspberry coulis for dessert.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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