Definition of Béarnaise sauce in English:
Béarnaise sauce
nounˌbeɪəˌneɪz ˈsɔːsˌbeɪrˈneɪz ˌsɔs
mass nounA rich sauce thickened with egg yolks and flavoured with tarragon.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's like slathering a Big Mac with Béarnaise sauce and pretending it's filet mignon.
- It is a constituent of fines herbes, and is often used with tarragon, in Béarnaise sauce, for instance.
- ‘Yeah,’ I shot back, ‘and I like my mice with a nice Béarnaise sauce.’
- You want the juices to run when you cut into it, staining your chips, mixing up with your Béarnaise sauce and getting your own juices flowing at the same time.
- I grew up on steak, chips, Béarnaise sauce and garlic mushrooms served at steak-houses.
Origin
Béarnaise, feminine of French béarnais 'of Béarn', a region of SW France.
Definition of Béarnaise sauce in US English:
Béarnaise sauce
nounˌbeɪrˈneɪz ˌsɔsˌbārˈnāz ˌsôs
A rich sauce thickened with egg yolks and flavored with tarragon.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's like slathering a Big Mac with Béarnaise sauce and pretending it's filet mignon.
- ‘Yeah,’ I shot back, ‘and I like my mice with a nice Béarnaise sauce.’
- It is a constituent of fines herbes, and is often used with tarragon, in Béarnaise sauce, for instance.
- You want the juices to run when you cut into it, staining your chips, mixing up with your Béarnaise sauce and getting your own juices flowing at the same time.
- I grew up on steak, chips, Béarnaise sauce and garlic mushrooms served at steak-houses.
Origin
Béarnaise, feminine of French béarnais ‘of Béarn’, a region of SW France.