hollandaise sauce

[ hol-uhn-deyz, hol-uhn-deyz ]

noun
  1. a sauce of egg yolks, butter, lemon juice, and seasonings.

Origin of hollandaise sauce

1
First recorded in 1905–10, hollandaise sauce is from French sauce hollandaise “Dutch sauce”

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How to use hollandaise sauce in a sentence

  • Dress on a napkin, and serve with tomato, Barnaise, or hollandaise sauce.

    The Century Cook Book | Mary Ronald

British Dictionary definitions for hollandaise sauce

hollandaise sauce

/ (ˌhɒlənˈdeɪz, ˈhɒlənˌdeɪz) /


noun
  1. a rich sauce of egg yolks, butter, vinegar, etc, served esp with fish

Origin of hollandaise sauce

1
C19: from French sauce hollandaise Dutch sauce

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