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Mornay sauce

Mornay sauce

1 7.2
A rich cheese sauce made with butter, flour, milk, and grated cheese
  • noun
  • /mɔrˈneɪ sɔs/
translation icon : salsa Mornay
  • The chef demonstrated how to prepare Mornay sauce, emphasizing the importance of using quality cheese for the best flavor.

Examples

  • To create a delicious casserole, you should pour a generous amount of Mornay sauce over the pasta before baking.

  • Make a spinach Mornay sauce.

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  • Finish by using the rest of the spinach Mornay sauce for the top layer.

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  • For my recipe, I need a rich Mornay sauce made with Gruyère cheese and a touch of onion for added taste.

Synonyms

cheese sauce
vsMornay sauce
3 1.0

A creamy sauce made from melted cheese to pour over foods like pasta or vegetables

is a richer, classic version using specific cheeses and optional egg yolk
Mornay
vsMornay sauce
1 6.5

A white sauce with cheese used to make dishes creamy

is richer, made with butter, flour, milk and sometimes egg yolk

How Rich

hollandaise
8 7.0
Mornay sauce
1 7.2
bechamel
  • Specialized
1 7.3

Surface Forms

Mornay sauce singular
Mornay sauces plural

Morphology

Mornay + sauce

The phrase is directly compositional: 'Mornay' denotes a particular kind of cheese-based sauce, and adding 'sauce' simply labels it as that type of sauce. Although culinary and somewhat specialized, the 'type + sauce' pattern is conventional and predictable, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Mornay sauce may come from a French nobleman named Mornay. One popular story says his cooks mixed grated cheese into a plain white sauce to make it richer, so Mornay sauce means 'a rich cheese sauce' used on fish and vegetables.