mousseline
1 Americannoun
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Also called Chantilly sauce. Also called Chantilly. hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.
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any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.
adjective
noun
noun
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a fine fabric made of rayon or silk
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a type of fine glass
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short for mousseline sauce
Etymology
Origin of mousseline
< French: literally, muslin
Example Sentences
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Far fewer restaurants are offering snacks of grilled mussels draped with velvety choron sauce, or starters of poached asparagus with sauce mousseline, items that have the ring of the familiar but are executed with flair.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 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
Classic chicken-and-herb mousseline stuffed the crisp-skinned quail, arranged in a rustic tableau that included mustard-tinged demi-glace, quinoa and pickled kumquat.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2018
She was dressed in black mousseline de soie.
From Leonora by Bennett, Arnold
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