hollandaise sauce

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

/ ˈhɒl ənˌdeɪz, ˌhɒl ənˈdeɪz /

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noun

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

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Origin of hollandaise sauce

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

Words nearby hollandaise sauce

holistic medicine, Holkar State, Holkham Hall, holla, Holland, hollandaise sauce, Hollander, Holland finish, Hollandia, Hollands, Hollenhorst plaques

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How to use hollandaise sauce in a sentence

Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Continue to cook until the sauce has reduced by three quarters.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finish the sauce by putting the roasting pan on the stovetop over medium-high heat.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The future congressman also had some spaghetti but no sauce.
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Marriage is like Mayonnaise sauce, either a great success or an absolute and entire failure.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
It is to be feared that like the sauce of sauces in the hands of the inexperienced cook, the result is more than doubtful.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Mac took that pretty hard, and came mighty near making the major eat his words with gunpowder sauce on the side.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
I must first make a dish of apple-sauce for the seven and seventy guests who are coming to my wedding-feast.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various
From the tables outside, one can see into the small kitchen, with its polished copper sauce-pans hanging about the grill.
The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith

British Dictionary definitions for hollandaise sauce

hollandaise sauce

/ (ˌhɒlənˈdeɪz, ˈhɒlənˌdeɪz) /

noun

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

Word Origin for hollandaise sauce

C19: from French sauce hollandaise Dutch sauce

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