sabayon
noun
sa·ba·yon
sä-bä-ˈyōⁿ 
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: a sauce of egg yolks, wine, and savory seasonings (such as mustard or pepper)
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That Basque butter cake though, exquisitely rich on its own, crowned recently with a blueberry compote and plated on a prosecco sabayon cloud, stands as the perfect dessert of choice, and will change seasonally.
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Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Desserts include a French-style sablé biscuit with pear and custard-like sabayon incorporating Madeira wine.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The accompanying fricassee of springy morel mushrooms and fava beans will be served with a sesame oil sabayon, an intriguing-sounding sauce that marries the Asian flavor of sesame with a classic French preparation typically found in the dessert course.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
For dessert, share a warm decadent chocolate sabayon with extra virgin olive oil, cognac and crushed frozen raspberry ($10) or a vanilla bean pavlova with coconut cream and passionfruit curd ($11).
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2024
Fingerling potatoes, grilled low and slow until their skins turned thick and crisp and separated from their velvety flesh, smacked of a campfire, except for a luscious green gloss of savory sabayon.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
Pour sabayon over oranges.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
Send your favorite ice cream lover a Salt & Straw Cue the Confetti ice cream gift pack, $98, with five pints, including pink champagne sabayon with jelly doughnuts and chocolate gooey brownie, plus gold and silver sprinkles and a balloon celebration banner.
—Regan Stephens, Fortune, 4 July 2021
Say yes to the flaky pastry, sized like a Pop-Tart and draped with frothy sabayon.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Desserts include a French-style sablé biscuit with pear and custard-like sabayon incorporating Madeira wine.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
The accompanying fricassee of springy morel mushrooms and fava beans will be served with a sesame oil sabayon, an intriguing-sounding sauce that marries the Asian flavor of sesame with a classic French preparation typically found in the dessert course.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
For dessert, share a warm decadent chocolate sabayon with extra virgin olive oil, cognac and crushed frozen raspberry ($10) or a vanilla bean pavlova with coconut cream and passionfruit curd ($11).
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2024
Fingerling potatoes, grilled low and slow until their skins turned thick and crisp and separated from their velvety flesh, smacked of a campfire, except for a luscious green gloss of savory sabayon.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
Pour sabayon over oranges.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
Send your favorite ice cream lover a Salt & Straw Cue the Confetti ice cream gift pack, $98, with five pints, including pink champagne sabayon with jelly doughnuts and chocolate gooey brownie, plus gold and silver sprinkles and a balloon celebration banner.
—Regan Stephens, Fortune, 4 July 2021
Say yes to the flaky pastry, sized like a Pop-Tart and draped with frothy sabayon.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022
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