cream sauce

American  

noun

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

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cream sauce British  

noun

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

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cream sauce

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

Every June, a quote attributed to Anthony Bourdain makes the rounds online — about cream sauce, rare steak and having a pint at 4 p.m.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025

It tastes like a steamed fish curry custard, with soft pieces of fish steeped in a mild coconut cream sauce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

Make a cream sauce, add one cupful of minced cooked chicken, spread on toast, and lay a poached egg on each slice.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Reed, Myrtle