velouté

[ vuh-loo-tey ]
/ və luˈteɪ /

noun

a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock.
Also called velouté sauce.

Origin of velouté

< French: literally, velvety, velvetiness, Middle French velluté, equivalent to vellut- (< Provençal velut velvet) + -é -ate1

Words nearby velouté

velocity of money, velodrome, velopharyngeal, velopharyngeal insufficiency, velour, velouté, velox, velpeau bandage, velsen, veltheimia, velum

Example sentences from the Web for veloute

  • Veloute d'Orlans, brilliant velvety-red, almost scarlet, large and full.

    The Book of Roses |Francis Parkman

British Dictionary definitions for veloute

velouté
/ (vəˈluːteɪ) /

noun

a rich white sauce or soup made from stock, egg yolks, and cream

Word Origin for velouté

from French, literally: velvety, from Old French velous; see velour