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cream sauce

American  

noun

  1. a white sauce made of cream or milk, flour, and butter.


cream sauce British  

noun

  1. a white sauce made from cream, butter, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She said it was "a tough one because I have a lot of palettes to appease", with her British-born husband favouring "meat, potatoes and cream sauce" while she preferred grilled fish.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Patrizia’s of Williamsburg, a family-style Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, has a special called Jalen Brunson Rigatoni—pasta dyed with organic blueberry extract and an orange-colored cream sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

We ate farfalle in cream sauce and tiramisu, huddled under quilts, watching “The Blues Brothers” on a laptop.

From Salon Dec. 5, 2024

But what if a piece of chicken, drenched in a sun-dried tomato cream sauce, was the best shortcut to the altar?

From Seattle Times Oct. 9, 2023

That will be codfish stewed in cream sauce.

From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Corson, Juliet

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