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velouté

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ve⋅lou⋅té

  [vuh-loo-tey]
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–noun
a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
Also called velouté sauce.

Origin:
< F: lit., velvety, velvetiness, MF velluté, equiv. to vellut- (< Pr velut velvet ) + -é -ate 1
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ve·lou·té   (və-lōō-tā')   
n.  A white sauce made of chicken, veal, or fish stock thickened with a roux of flour and butter.

[French, from Old French vellute, velvety, from velous, velvet; see velour.]
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