white sauce

noun

: a sauce consisting essentially of a roux with milk, cream, or stock and seasoning

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Get the recipe 02 of 20 Gluten-Free Mac And Cheese Homemade mac and cheese is often thickened with a flour-laden white sauce, but this recipe calls for gluten-free flour. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024 Make homemade white sauce using milk, flour, garlic, and butter. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024 Pair with lentil and beetroot salad or cheese ravioli with a white sauce. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024 There are also Neapolitan pizzas that include clam with white sauce and the Bad First Date with taleggio (an Italian cheese) pepperoncini and a sopressata pie with Thai chili and hot honey. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for white sauce 

Word History

First Known Use

1723, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of white sauce was in 1723

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“White sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20sauce. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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white sauce

noun
: a sauce made from seasoned milk, cream, or broth and thickened with flour

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