remoulade sauce
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- noun
- /ˌrɛmʊˈlɑːd ˈsɔːs/
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salsa remolada
- Serve your crab cakes with a dollop of remoulade sauce for added flavor.
- shrimp with remoulade sauce
Examples
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I imagined her commanding a battalion of Mexican maids, all chopping, and as we waited for the bags, he told us what we were going to eat: shrimp with remoulade sauce, chicken with chocolate, poached pears.
Fiction book (1992) -
You can dip cold shrimp into the remoulade sauce for a delicious appetizer.
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The chef prepared a homemade remoulade sauce to accompany the freshly grilled fish.
Synonyms
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A cold mayonnaise sauce with chopped pickles often served with fried fish
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A creamy tangy sauce made from mayonnaise and mustard for fish or salads
How Tangy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'remoulade' names a particular mayonnaise-and-mustard condiment and 'sauce' denotes a liquid/semi-liquid condiment, so a learner who knows both words can infer this is a type of sauce. The construction follows a straightforward noun+noun naming pattern (essentially tautological), making the meaning transparent across languages where the culinary term is borrowed or calqued.
Etymology
Remoulade sauce comes from French cooking, where chefs mixed mayonnaise with chopped herbs, mustard and capers to make a bright, cold sauce. When the idea moved to places like Louisiana it kept that tangy, creamy style, so today remoulade sauce means a cold, herb-and-mustard mayonnaise sauce often served with 'seafood' or 'cold meats'.