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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1723, in the meaning defined above
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“White sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20sauce. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
white sauce
noun
: a sauce made from seasoned milk, cream, or broth and thickened with flour
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