hollandaise sauce

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

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noun

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

hollandaise sauce

/ ˈhɒlənˌdeɪz, ˌhɒlənˈdeɪz /

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hollandaise sauce¹

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hollandaise sauce¹

C19: from French sauce hollandaise Dutch sauce

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It’s also delicious steamed with a poached egg and hollandaise sauce.

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Most any time of year, I have plenty of reasons to make hollandaise sauce.

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Hùng: I liked the fish with the hollandaise sauce.

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Viewers may emerge from “The Taste of Things” desperate to find a restaurant that serves a good vol-au-vent, a turbot in hollandaise sauce or the meringue-coated ice cream confection known as baked alaska.

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Hollandaise sauce is a notoriously difficult emulsion to prepare.

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Holland Hollander

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