mousseline
1 Americannoun
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Also called Chantilly sauce, 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
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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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Diners are encouraged to mix the enhancers — unite the elements of mousseline — then do as they please.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
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
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
And the odors that assail them are those of truffles, white wine, and "artechant sauce mousseline."
From With the Allies by Richard Harding Davis
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