mousseline

¹ American  

[moos-leen] / musˈlin /

noun

1. Also called Chantilly sauce.  Also called Chantilly.  hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

2. any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.

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adjective

1. prepared or served with whipped cream.

mousseline ² American  

[moos-leen] / musˈlin /

noun

French.

1. muslin.

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mousseline British  

/ muslin /

noun

1. a fine fabric made of rayon or silk

2. a type of fine glass

3. short for mousseline sauce

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Etymology

Origin of mousseline

< French: literally, muslin

Example Sentences

Paris-Brest, praline-flavored mousseline piped inside a ring of pâte à choux, is a showstopping New Year’s dessert.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023

Madeleines are not Bresse-born pastry chef François Perret's madeleine de Proust; that honor goes to his grandmother's mousseline cake or his father's crème anglaise.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2021

Kreuther serves the sauerkraut in a smoked sturgeon; his sauerkraut tartlet topped with caviar mousseline is in a filo pastry shell and served under a wine glass filled with smoke.

From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2019

On the dinner menu, you’ll find frites, Parisian gnocchi, asparagus with sauce mousseline, roast chicken and a chubby pork chop.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2019

At this moment my wife appeared, looking particularly charming in a mousseline de soie aux fines herbes—anglicé, a sprigged muslin.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 26, 1917 by Various