hollandaise sauce

[hol-uhn-deyz, hol-uhn-deyz]

noun

1. a sauce of egg yolks, butter, lemon juice, and seasonings.

hollandaise sauce

/ ˈhɒlənˌdeɪz, ˌhɒlənˈdeɪz /

noun

1. a rich sauce of egg yolks, butter, vinegar, etc, served esp with fish

Word History and Origins

Origin of hollandaise sauce¹

First recorded in 1905–10, hollandaise sauce is from French sauce hollandaise “Dutch sauce”

Word History and Origins

Origin of hollandaise sauce¹

C19: from French sauce hollandaise Dutch sauce