mousseline sauce

noun

1. a light sauce, made by adding whipped cream or egg whites to hollandaise sauce

Word History and Origins

Origin of mousseline sauce¹

from French mousseline, literally: muslin

Example Sentences

Recipes include veal and ham pie, chicken a la Maryland, and poached salmon with mousseline sauce.

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But it can't compete with maitake mushroom tempura, delicate as blossoms, dusted with citrusy yuzu salt, and dipped into silky green onion mousseline sauce.

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He was sorry, he said, only for having once permitted Bond the unforgivable gaffe of ordering asparagus with bearnaise instead of mousseline sauce.

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I do however apologize for once making Bond order asparagus with bearnaise, instead of mousseline sauce.

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