velouté

[ vuh-loo-tey ]

noun

a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.

Origin of velouté

<French: literally, velvety, velvetiness, Middle French velluté, equivalent to vellut- (<Provençal velutvelvet) + -é-ate¹

Also called velouté sauce .

Words Nearby velouté

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How to use velouté in a sentence

Veloute d'Orlans, brilliant velvety-red, almost scarlet, large and full.
The Book of Roses | Francis Parkman
Reduce one half, and add half a pint sauce veloute (Art. 82).
French Dishes for American Tables | Pierre Caron

British Dictionary definitions for velouté

velouté

/ (vəˈluːteɪ) /

noun

a rich white sauce or soup made from stock, egg yolks, and cream

Origin of velouté

from French, literally: velvety, from Old French velous; see velour

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