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sauce verte

sauce verte

9.9
A cold green sauce made with herbs and mayonnaise for fish or chicken
  • noun
  • /sɔs vɛrt/
translation icon : salsa verde
  • The chef recommended pairing the poached chicken with sauce verte for a fresh, herbal flavor.

Examples

  • She served the grilled salmon with a generous spoonful of sauce verte.

  • Chilled vegetables with sauce verte make a perfect summer appetizer.

  • I love sauce verte with my fish.

  • Can you pass the sauce verte?

  • The chef prepared a delicious dish of grilled salmon, garnished with sauce verte made from fresh herbs.

  • At the dinner party, everyone enjoyed their vegetables dipped in the creamy sauce verte.

  • For a refreshing summer salad, toss mixed greens with sauce verte as a flavorful dressing.

Synonyms

remoulade sauce
vssauce verte
1 5.9

A cold creamy sauce made from mayonnaise, herbs, and mustard for seafood or salads

omits mustard and capers, focusing on fresh green herbs and leaves
green mayonnaise
vssauce verte
6.3

A thick cold green sauce made from oil and egg with herbs and chopped leaves

is the same but uses a French culinary name

Surface Forms

sauce verte singular
sauces verte plural

Morphology

sauce + verte

The phrase is a straightforward compositional description: 'sauce' (a condiment) combined with 'verte' (French for 'green') yields 'green sauce.' If a learner knows both constituents, the meaning is directly derivable; color + noun culinary compounds are cross-linguistically common and thus transparent.

Etymology

Sauce verte comes from French kitchens where cooks crushed fresh green herbs into a cold sauce, so the name literally means sauce 'sauce' that is verte 'green'. That's why sauce verte today means a cold, creamy herb sauce often made with mayonnaise and watercress.