Also called Duplessis-Mornay. Philippe de Seigneur du Plessis-Marly Pope of the Huguenots, 1549–1623, French statesman and Protestant leader.
Also called Mornay sauce. (often lowercase) a béchamel, or white sauce, containing cheese, especially Parmesan and Gruyère.
perhaps named after Philippe de Mornay , Seigneur du Plessis-Marly (1549–1623), French Huguenot leader
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“It amounts to artists blacklisting fellow artists based on their nationality, ethnicity or identity—and we wouldn’t do it to artists in any other country,” said actress Rebecca De Mornay, who signed the letter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
Graduate researcher Jacquelynn Mornay said the noise levels registered there could cause permanent hearing damage after an hour or so of exposure.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2024
The traditional ham of the latter is replaced by tuna, and a Mornay sauce is added.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
Sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt and truffle oil, they are served on a crystal plate with an orchid, thin-sliced truffles, and a Mornay cheese dip.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2021
Mornay by chance one day entered the cabinet of the king, where his enemies were busy in their cabals.
From Henry IV, Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
A mornay sauce goes into production while the soufflé is in the oven.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2022
While living in Kentucky, I learned to love a Hot Brown, a mess of an open-faced sandwich that's smothered in velvety mornay sauce and topped with a single ruby slice of tomato.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2021
The awe-inspiring animal-style burger boasts crusty double patties cemented with caramelized onion mornay sauce.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2018
Was Lefebvre thinking of evenings at Staples Center when he concocted his nachos, which substitute sauce mornay, a fromage-enhanced French béchamel, for the usual puddle of molten orange cheese?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2015
The first does not use Gruyère in the sauce mornay.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2015
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